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monstrify en · VERB

Etymology

From monster + -ify.

Meanings

  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

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monstrifying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
monstrified Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
monstrified Tense=Past lexicographic
monstrifies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

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