Meaning

1 senses

  1. (regional)To treat cruelly.

Origin

From cruel + -ize.

From cruel + -ize.

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Forms

cruelizes, cruelizing, cruelized, cruelized
Base formcruelize · to cruelize
3rd person singularcruelizes
Present participlecruelizing
Past simplecruelized
Past participlecruelized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycruelize
he, she, itcruelizes

Past simpleLesson

all personscruelized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cruelized
he, she, ithas cruelized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cruelize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
crudeC1cruelB1cruellyB2crueltyB2cruiseA2

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