diminutize – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of diminutize

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to diminutize
Participle: diminutized
Gerund: diminutizing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idiminutize
youdiminutize
he;she;itdiminutizes
wediminutize
youdiminutize
theydiminutize

Perfect

Ihave diminutized
youhave diminutized
he;she;ithas diminutized
wehave diminutized
youhave diminutized
theyhave diminutized

Past

Idiminutized
youdiminutized
he;she;itdiminutized
wediminutized
youdiminutized
theydiminutized

Pluperfect

Ihad diminutized
youhad diminutized
he;she;ithad diminutized
wehad diminutized
youhad diminutized
theyhad diminutized

Future

Iwill diminutize
youwill diminutize
he;she;itwill diminutize
wewill diminutize
youwill diminutize
theywill diminutize

Future Perfect

Iwill have diminutized
youwill have diminutized
he;she;itwill have diminutized
wewill have diminutized
youwill have diminutized
theywill have diminutized

Subjunctive

Present

Idiminutize
youdiminutize
he;she;itdiminutize
wediminutize
youdiminutize
theydiminutize

Perfect

Ihave diminutized
youhave diminutized
he;she;ithave diminutized
wehave diminutized
youhave diminutized
theyhave diminutized

Imperfect

Idiminutized
youdiminutized
he;she;itdiminutized
wediminutized
youdiminutized
theydiminutized

Pluperfect

Ihad diminutized
youhad diminutized
he;she;ithad diminutized
wehad diminutized
youhad diminutized
theyhad diminutized

Conditional

Present

Iwould diminutize
youwould diminutize
he;she;itwould diminutize
wewould diminutize
youwould diminutize
theywould diminutize

Perfect

Iwould have diminutized
youwould have diminutized
he;she;itwould have diminutized
wewould have diminutized
youwould have diminutized
theywould have diminutized

Imperative

youdiminutize
weLet's diminutize
youdiminutize

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam diminutizing
youare diminutizing
he;she;itis diminutizing
weare diminutizing
youare diminutizing
theyare diminutizing

Perfect

Ihave been diminutizing
youhave been diminutizing
he;she;ithas been diminutizing
wehave been diminutizing
youhave been diminutizing
theyhave been diminutizing

Past

Iwas diminutizing
youwere diminutizing
he;she;itwas diminutizing
wewere diminutizing
youwere diminutizing
theywere diminutizing

Pluperfect

Ihad been diminutizing
youhad been diminutizing
he;she;ithad been diminutizing
wehad been diminutizing
youhad been diminutizing
theyhad been diminutizing

Future

Iwill be diminutizing
youwill be diminutizing
he;she;itwill be diminutizing
wewill be diminutizing
youwill be diminutizing
theywill be diminutizing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been diminutizing
youwill have been diminutizing
he;she;itwill have been diminutizing
wewill have been diminutizing
youwill have been diminutizing
theywill have been diminutizing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be diminutizing
youwould be diminutizing
he;she;itwould be diminutizing
wewould be diminutizing
youwould be diminutizing
theywould be diminutizing

Perfect

Iwould have been diminutizing
youwould have been diminutizing
he;she;itwould have been diminutizing
wewould have been diminutizing
youwould have been diminutizing
theywould have been diminutizing

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences

  • […] her name is Concepcion, diminutized: Concha […] [1904, Annetta Halliday-Antona, “Women Gem-Workers of the Far East”, in Gustav Stickley, Volume Six, editors, The Craftsman, page 143:]
  • […] Marie Antoinette is referred to in the literature of the Revolution as the “Widow Capet”—a title containing no name of her own or any she herself had ever used. Elsewhere her given name is diminutized as “Toinon” and “Toinette.” [2000, Robin Lakoff, chapter 5, in The Language War, Berkeley: University of California Press, page 192:]
  • 2007, Bruce Donaldson, German: An Essential Grammar, London: Routledge, Section 6.3, p. 41,
  • All diminutized nouns, whatever their original gender, become neuter once they take either of [the] endings [-chen or -lein].
  • You must remember that it takes two to make a bargain. On your side you look through a telescope so that it will magnify the value of your holdings, while the buyer, on the contrary, looks through the reverse end of the instrument so as to diminutize it as much as possible. [1898, James Blanchard Clews, chapter 9, in Fortuna: A Story of Wall Street, New York: J.S. Ogilvie, page 81:]
  • 1986, Jim Godbolt, All This and Many a Dog, London: Northway, revised edition, 2007, Part Two, Chapter 2, p. 140,
  • The lady owner came out of the store, snatched the ticket from the windscreen, flung it to the ground and screamed: ‘You silly little man!’ at the warden, who was completing his entry of the offence in his book. He was of average height, but the rich invariably diminutize those who upset them.
  • [He] was a small wizened man whose face was diminutized by a large flat-brimmed black stetson. [1988, Gerald Hausman, chapter 2, in Stargazer, Santa Fe: Lotus Press, page 21:]
  • From that evening on—Christ, her father was a Nobel laureate and dead to boot—I could not look in the mirror without seeing a hamster […] Her billions diminutized me. I was a kept man. A gigolo. A rodent. [1995, Mark Helprin, “Constance”, in Memoir from Antproof Case, New York: Perennial, published 2002, page 137:]
  • 2016, Miranda July, quoted in Diana Wichtel, “The July Plot,” New Zealand Listener, 23 January, 2016, p. 34,
  • I think the quirky thing is often not used in a positive way. It is, as we know, a belittling kind of word. A man might be called ground-breaking or genius or something. Quirky is a diminutising way to say that.