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goblinizing

goblinizing is the present participle and gerund of goblinize.

Meaning of goblinize

Verb

goblinize (third-person singular simple present goblinizes, present participle goblinizing, simple past and past participle goblinized)

  1. (transitive) To transform (someone) into a goblin.
    • Once goblinized, Herodias joins them, doomed still to bear about the [John the] Baptist's head; […]1870, James Russell Lowell, “Witchcraft”, in Among My Books, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 118

Questions about goblinizing

What is goblinizing the present participle and gerund of?
Goblinizing is the present participle and gerund of goblinize.

Words near goblinizing in the dictionary

  1. goblinish
  2. goblinism
  3. goblinize
  4. goblinized
  5. goblinizes
  6. goblinizing
  7. goblinkind
  8. goblinlike
  9. goblinmode
  10. goblinoid
  11. goblinoids

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