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monstrifying

monstrifying is the present participle and gerund of monstrify.

Meaning of monstrify

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

Questions about monstrifying

What is monstrifying the present participle and gerund of?
Monstrifying is the present participle and gerund of monstrify.

Words near monstrifying in the dictionary

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

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