Definition for Bowdlerize:

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; " bowdlerize a novel"

Synonyms for Bowdlerize:

• n.

  •
  • compress,
  • adapt,
  • screen,
  • show,
  • cut down,
  • delete,
  • include.

• v.

  •expurgate (verb)
  • bleeps out,
  • bleeped out,
  • blipping,
  • bleeping out.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dramatize,
  • interpolate,
  • fictionalize,
  • read through,
  • paragraph,
  • condense,
  • scratch out,
  • sanitize,
  • append,
  • water down,
  • write in,
  • paginate,
  • rub out,
  • pad out,
  • write out,
  • excise,
  • score out,
  • strike out.
  •
  • rewrite,
  • hack,
  • erase.
  •
  • update.
  •
  • strike,
  • read.
  •
  • scratch.

Antonyms for Bowdlerize:

• v.

  • Other antonyms:
    sanction, authorize, approve.

Bowdlerize Sentence Examples:

• She should not be allowed to disguise and bowdlerize it to suit the unwelcome tastes she had acquired at school.