Advertisement
Advertisement
adjectivize
[ aj-ik-ti-vahyz ]
verb (used with object)
adjectivized, adjectivizing.
- Grammar. to make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix:
The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
- to apply adjectives to; describe:
He tends to adjectivize himself as loyal and trustworthy, but that is far from accurate.
verb (used without object)
adjectivized, adjectivizing.
- to overdescribe:
She adjectivizes in agonizing detail, using three adjectives where even one would be superfluous.
Discover More
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹»åj±ð³¦Â·³Ù¾±±¹Â·¾±Â·³ú²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
Discover More
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of adjectivize1
Discover More
Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
“Hitchcockian†has become a go-to descriptor for entire branches of storytelling – not always an apposite one, but evocative to an audience far beyond the film-nerd coterie that tends to adjectivize auteurs.
From
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse