evilize
evilize verb: to turn someone or something evil.
Verb
evilize (third-person singular simple present evilizes, present participle evilizing, simple past and past participle evilized)
- to turn someone or something evil
- As it happens, an evil dude named Chaos has plans to take over the Skylands. To that end, Chaos engineers a series of machines called the ‘evilizers’ (yes, evilizers, not making this up), which have the propensity to morph normal creatures into evil versions thereof. His plan is to evilize just one...2013, Skylanders Swap Force PlayStation 4 Review, Gameranx
- Desperate to help his friend, but feeling powerless. How frustrating! It won't be long before frustration turns to anger! Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him.2015, Hawk Moth, “The Bubbler”, in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, episode 1
- vilify
- The FBI is making an effort to “evilize” Islam, Siblani explained, by implying that Muslim-Americans are killers.2015, FBI Uses National Security as Excuse to Suppress Muslim-Americans, Sputnik International
Forms of evilize
| third-person singular present | evilizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | evilizing |
| past participle | evilized |
| past | evilized |
Origin of evilize
From evil + -ize.
Words formed from evilize
- de-evilize
Questions about evilize
- What does evilize mean?
- Evilize means to turn someone or something evil.
- What part of speech is evilize?
- Evilize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of evilize?
- The past tense of evilize is evilized.
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