transmogrify
trans‧mog‧ri‧fy /trænzˈmɒɡrəfaɪ, trænzˈmɒɡrɪfaɪ $ trænsˈmɑː-/ verb (past tense and past participle transmogrified, present participle transmogrifying, third person singular transmogrifies) [transitive]
transmogrify[verb]Synonyms: transform, change, commute, convert, metamorphose, transfigure, translate, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
trans‧mog‧ri‧fy /trænzˈmɒɡrəfaɪ, trænzˈmɒɡrɪfaɪ $ trænsˈmɑː-/
verb (
past tense and past participle transmogrified,
present participle transmogrifying,
third person singular transmogrifies)
[transitive][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: Perhaps from transmigrate]
to change the shape of something completely, as if by magic – used humorously
Synonym : transform—transmogrification /trænzˌmɒɡrəfəˈkeɪʃ
ən, trænzˌmɒɡrɪfəˈkeɪʃ
ən $ trænsˌmɑː-/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲