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monsterizing

monsterizing is the present participle and gerund of monsterize.

Meaning of monsterize

Verb

monsterize (third-person singular simple present monsterizes, present participle monsterizing, simple past and past participle monsterized)

  1. To make something or someone into a monster.
    • "IRON-ON" MONSTERS Itie newest way to "Monsterize" your shirts. T-shirts, sweat shirts, jeans, jackets, notebooks-any tiling2010, Forrest J Ackerman, Vampirella Archives, volume 1, page 331
    Synonyms:
    monster
  2. To give someone a very bad reputation; demonize, vilify.
    • Vilification/monsterization denies agency by insisting upon the evil nature of the murderess, thus causing her to lose2003, Belinda Morrissey, When women kill: questions of agency and subjectivity, page 25

Questions about monsterizing

What is monsterizing the present participle and gerund of?
Monsterizing is the present participle and gerund of monsterize.

Words near monsterizing in the dictionary

  1. monsterization
  2. monsterizations
  3. monsterize
  4. monsterized
  5. monsterizes
  6. monsterizing
  7. monsterkind
  8. monsterless
  9. monsterlet
  10. monsterlets
  11. monsterlike

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