ITALICIZING Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

italicizing

verb

Definition of italicizing next

present participle of italicize

as in emphasizing

to make more apparent high-definition television italicizes every line and wrinkle in an actor's face

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Recent Examples of italicizing And the notes that accompany the sermons in outline form are strikingly similar to those Bickle provided for years, even down to the practice of boldfacing, italicizing and underlining certain points. —

Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 Participants are asked to create their models in Excel and they’re also expected to follow industry norms for formatting the models, including for areas like margin sizes and italicizing percentages. —

Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025

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That gives players time to power up their gear to protected ice attacks and build up gear emphasizing Thunder, Fire and Dragon elements that can deal more damage.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
For Ginsberg, ever-attuned to the rhythmic physicality of verse, the central atom of poetry wasn’t the line or the foot, but rather the breath, emphasizing that his were longer than his free verse hero Whitman because the good, grey poet probably had smaller lungs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026