tragicize
tragicize · tragicizes · tragicized · tragicizing
To speak or write in the manner of a tragedyTo speak or write in the manner of a tragedy; to adopt a grandiloquent style.
US/ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪsaɪz/
Meaning
2 senses(rare)To turn (someone or something) into tragedy; to make tragic.
(obsolete, rare)To speak or write in the manner of a tragedy; to adopt a grandiloquent style.
Origin
From tragic + -ize.From tragic + -ize.
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Forms
tragicizes, tragicizing, tragicized, tragicized| Base form | tragicize · to tragicize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tragicizes |
| Present participle | tragicizing |
| Past simple | tragicized |
| Past participle | tragicized |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle