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Antonyms for characterizing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kar-ik-tuh-rahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær ɪk təˌraɪz


Definition of characterizing

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to engrave, write," back-formation from characterization, or else from Medieval Latin characterizare, from Greek kharakterizein "to designate by a characteristic mark," from kharakter (see character). Meaning "to describe the qualities of" is recorded from 1630s; that of "to be characteristic" is from 1744. Related: Characterized; characterizing.
  • verb typify, distinguish
Example sentences :
  • I give them as characterizing the tone of her sadder moments.
  • Extract from : « The Professor at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
  • This feature, therefore, is not useful in characterizing this subspecies.
  • Extract from : « Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii » by Henry W. Setzer
  • Candor compels me to admit that I was characterizing myself.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Dehra » by John Reed Scott
  • Enumerate the expressions Shelley uses in characterizing the song.
  • Extract from : « Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four. » by William H. Elson
  • Otherwise, he will miss much that is significant and characterizing in their actions.
  • Extract from : « Dramatic Technique » by George Pierce Baker
  • Phytography, relates to characterizing and describing plants.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
  • So far as characterizing the acts we are charged with in the indictment, there can be no difficulty whatever.
  • Extract from : « Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York » by A. F. Warburton
  • Some eccentricity in language is remembered as characterizing Mr. George.
  • Extract from : « Toronto of Old » by Henry Scadding
  • Delsarte, in practice, excelled in characterizing these shades of difference.
  • Extract from : « Delsarte System of Oratory » by Various
  • This, he said, was the true innuendo-way of characterizing, used by detractors.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

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