Synonyms for bowdlerize
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
The bowdlerized version of the novel, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavor.
Related words
- Other spellings
- bowdlerise UK
Forms
- Past participle
- bowdlerized
e.g. bowdlerized → shortened, expurgated, castrated, censored…
Example sentences
- shorten High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.
- castrate Don't castrate kids with puberty blockers.
- censor Do not censor me, I am free to express my opinions.
- sanitize Wash your kitchen towels with hot water to sanitize them.
By length
- 6 letters
- censor2
- 7 letters
- shorten2
- 8 letters
- sanitize3, castrate2, sanitise
- 9 letters
- expurgate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (censor2 = 2 syllables).