1.
[syn: individualized, individualised, personalized, personalised]
2. pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively;
- Example: "unnecessarily personalized remarks"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Personalize \Per"son*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Personalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Personalizing.]
To make personal. "They personalize death." --H. Spencer.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
personalized \personalized\ adj.
1. Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular
individual; modified for a particular person; as,
personalized luggage; personalized advice.
Syn: individualized.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual
personality or intimate affairs, especially offensively;
as, personalized criticism.
Syn: pointed.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
personalized
adj 1: made for or directed or adjusted to a particular
individual; "personalized luggage"; "personalized advice"
[syn: individualized, individualised, personalized,
personalised]
2: pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual
personality or intimate affairs especially offensively;
"unnecessarily personalized remarks"