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monstrify

monstrify verb: to turn into a monster; to portray as monstrous.

Verb

monstrify (third-person singular simple present monstrifies, present participle monstrifying, simple past and past participle monstrified)

  1. (transitive) To turn into a monster; to portray as monstrous.
    • And like the police report, newspaper articles also monstrify the Japanese by demonizing kamikaze soldiers: […]2020, Axel Gasquet, Gorica Majstorovic, Cultural and Literary Dialogues Between Asia and Latin America, page 129

Forms of monstrify

third-person singular presentmonstrifies
present participlemonstrifying
past participlemonstrified
pastmonstrified

Origin of monstrify

From monster + -ify.

Questions about monstrify

What does monstrify mean?
Monstrify means to turn into a monster; to portray as monstrous.
What part of speech is monstrify?
Monstrify is a verb.
What is the past tense of monstrify?
The past tense of monstrify is monstrified.

Words near monstrify in the dictionary

  1. monstriferous
  2. monstrification
  3. monstrifications
  4. monstrified
  5. monstrifies
  6. monstrify
  7. monstrifying
  8. monstrillid
  9. monstrillids
  10. monstrilloid
  11. monstrilloids

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