Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tabloidize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tabloidize
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Make the strategic mistake — toward the end of a pleasantly blunt chat conducted while traipsing around her farm and ogling its stellar inhabitants — of mentioning her tabloidized romance with Cian O’Connor, a garrulous Irish horseman who forfeited an Olympic gold medal in 2005 when his mount failed a drug test, and she instinctively puts on the verbal brakes."

Etymology

From tabloid + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tabloid

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

tabloidizes (present, singular) tabloidizing (participle, present) tabloidized (participle, past) tabloidized (past)

Questions

What does tabloidize mean?: To convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.
Where does tabloidize come from?: From tabloid + -ize.

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