bowdlerize

Meaning of bowdlerize

verb
  1. To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
    The bowdlerized version of the novel, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavor.

Information about bowdlerize

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of bowdlerize is: bowdlerizes.
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Hyphenation of bowdlerize

bowd-ler-ize

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • bowdlerize is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

bowdlerize synonyms

Meaning bowdlerise:

expurgate, castrate, shorten

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