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Definition bowdlerize

Etymology

Named after English physician Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825). In 1818 he published a censored version of Shakespeare (The Family Shakespeare), expurgating “those words and expressions […] which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family.”

Verb

bowdlerize (third-person singular simple present bowdlerizes, present participle bowdlerizing, simple past and past participle bowdlerized)

  1. To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.

Results 284 Words with the letters BOWDLERIZE

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13 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
UNBOWDLERIZED 33
12 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BOWDLERIZERS 29
11 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BOWDLERIZED 29
BOWDLERIZER 28
BOWDLERIZES 28
10 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BOWDLERIZE 27
8 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BEWILDER 16
BLOWZIER 24
ERODIBLE 13
OBELIZED 22
REBOILED 13
7 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BLOWIER 14
BLOWZED 24
BOWELED 15
BOWERED 14
BOWLDER 15
BROILED 12
ELBOWED 15
LOWBRED 15
LOWERED 12
OBELIZE 20
REOILED 9
ROWELED 12
WIELDER 12
ZEBROID 20
6 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BELIED 11
BELIER 10
BIRLED 11
BLOWED 14
BLOWER 13
BOILED 11
BOILER 10
BOLDER 11
BOLIDE 11
BORDEL 11
BORIDE 10
BOWLED 14
BOWLER 13
BREWED 13
BRIDLE 11
BROWED 13
DEWIER 10
DOZIER 16
EDIBLE 11
LEWDER 11
LIEDER 8
OREIDE 7
REBOIL 10
RELIED 8
REWELD 11
ROILED 8
WEIRDO 10
WELDER 11
WELDOR 11
WILDER 11
ZEROED 16
5 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BEDEL 10
BEDEW 12
BELIE 9
BELOW 12
BEZEL 18
BEZIL 18
BIDER 9
BIELD 10
BIRLE 9
BLEED 10
BORED 9
BOWED 12
BOWEL 12
BOWER 11
BREDE 9
BREED 9
BRIDE 9
BROIL 9
DOBIE 9
DOWEL 10
DOWER 9
DOWIE 9
DOZER 15
DWEEB 12
EDILE 7
EIDER 6
ELBOW 12
ELDER 7
ELIDE 7
ERODE 6
IDLER 7
LIBER 9
LOBED 10
LOWED 10
LOWER 9
OBELI 9
OILED 7
OILER 6
OLDER 7
OLDIE 7
ORBED 9
ORIEL 6
REBEL 9
REBID 9
REOIL 6
REWED 9
RILED 7
ROBED 9
ROBLE 9
ROWED 9
ROWEL 9
WEBER 11
WEDEL 10
WEIRD 9
WIDER 9
WIELD 10
WILED 10
WIRED 9
WORLD 10
WRIED 9
ZORIL 15
ZOWIE 17
4 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BEER 7
BIDE 8
BIER 7
BILE 8
BIRD 8
BIRL 8
BIRO 7
BIZE 16
BLED 9
BLEW 11
BLOW 11
BODE 8
BOIL 8
BOLD 9
BOLE 8
BORE 7
BOWL 11
BRED 8
BREE 7
BREW 10
BRIE 7
BRIO 7
BROW 10
DEER 5
DEIL 6
DELE 6
DELI 6
DERE 5
DIEL 6
DIOL 6
DIRE 5
DIRL 6
DOER 5
DOLE 6
DORE 5
DOZE 14
DREE 5
DREW 8
DRIB 8
EIDE 5
EWER 7
IDLE 6
IDOL 6
IRED 5
LEDE 6
LEER 5
LEWD 9
LIDO 6
LIED 6
LIER 5
LIRE 5
LOBE 8
LODE 6
LOID 6
LORD 6
LORE 5
LOWE 8
LWEI 8
ORLE 5
OWED 8
REDE 5
REDO 5
REED 5
REEL 5
RIDE 5
RIEL 5
RILE 5
ROBE 7
RODE 5
ROIL 5
ROLE 5
WEED 8
WEEL 8
WEER 7
WEIR 7
WELD 9
WERE 7
WIDE 8
WILD 9
WILE 8
WIRE 7
WOLD 9
WORD 8
WORE 7
ZERO 13
ZORI 13
3 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BED 7
BEE 6
BEL 7
BID 7
BIO 6
BIZ 15
BOD 7
BOW 9
BRO 6
DEB 7
DEE 4
DEL 5
DEW 7
DIB 7
DIE 4
DOE 4
DOL 5
DOR 4
DOW 7
EEL 4
ELD 5
ERE 3
EWE 6
IRE 3
LED 5
LEE 4
LEI 4
LEZ 13
LIB 7
LID 5
LIE 4
LOB 7
LOW 7
OBE 6
OBI 6
ODE 4
OIL 4
OLD 5
OLE 4
ORB 6
ORE 3
OWE 6
OWL 7
REB 6
RED 4
REE 3
REI 3
RIB 6
RID 4
ROB 6
ROD 4
ROE 3
ROW 6
WEB 9
WED 7
WEE 6
WIZ 15
WOE 6
ZED 13
ZEE 12
2 letter words with the letters BOWDLERIZE ↑
BE 5
BI 5
BO 5
DE 3
DI 3
DO 3
ED 3
EL 3
ER 2
ID 3
LI 3
LO 3
OD 3
OE 2
OI 2
OR 2
OW 5
RE 2
WE 5
WO 5

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