bowdlerize
Definitions
Verb
- Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "bowdlerize".
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "bowdlerize".
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Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "bowdlerize".
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | powdered | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | modernized | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | borderline | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | oversize | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | modernize | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | polarize | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | bowie | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | bowler | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | bowdle | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | blowdries | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | blowdried | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | browder | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | bowline | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | bowlers | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | polymerize | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | modernizes | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | polymerizes | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | polymerized | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | colorize | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | brownlie | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | brownlee | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "bowdlerize" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "bowdlerize" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "bowdlerize".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
The Bowdlers Wanted to Clean Up Shakespeare, Not Become a Byword for Censorship
Jul 11, 2017 Smithsonian Magazine
Jul 11, 2017 Smithsonian Magazine
Woke rewrites of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,’ Bond, other classics: foolish AND sinister
Feb 28, 2023 New York Post
Feb 28, 2023 New York Post
“Censure me in your wisdom”: Bowdlerized Shakespeare in the nineteenth century
Jun 2, 2016 Index on Censorship
Jun 2, 2016 Index on Censorship