ADJECTIVIZE Definition & Meaning

adjectivize

[ aj-ik-ti-vahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 51�Թ� Forms

��j��·�پ��·��·��t��ǲ� noun

Discover More

51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of adjectivize¹

adjectiv(e) + -ize

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

Browse