different between vulgarize vs vulgarized

English

Alternative forms

• vulgarise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

vulgar +? -ize

Verb

vulgarize (third-person singular simple present vulgarizes, present participle vulgarizing, simple past and past participle vulgarized)

1. To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar.
   • 1915: Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out [2]

     "Yes," said Mr. Flushing. "And in my opinion," he continued, "the absence of population to which Hirst objects is precisely the significant touch. You must admit, Hirst, that a little Italian town even would vulgarise the whole scene, would detract from the vastness — the sense of elemental grandeur."

Synonyms

• debase
• dumb down

Antonyms

• ennoble

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

vulgarize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of vulgarizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of vulgarizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of vulgarizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of vulgarizar

English

Verb

vulgarized

1. simple past tense and past participle of vulgarize