transmogrify

[ trans-mog-ruh-fahy, tranz- ]

verb (used with object)

, trans·mog·ri·fied, trans·mog·ri·fy·ing.

1. to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.

transmogrify

/ trænzˈmɒɡrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. humorous.
   tr to change or transform into a different shape, esp a grotesque or bizarre one

Derived Forms

• transˌmogrifiˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• trans·mogri·fi·cation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmogrify¹

1650–60; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; apparently a pseudo-Latinism with transfigure or transmigrate + -ify

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmogrify¹

C17: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The air around me was sour and stale, transmogrified by a mass of sweating bodies.

From Salon

Seeing Powell transmogrify from nerdy Gary to five o’clock shadow Ron and back again is both hilarious and tantalizing, while Arjona has a big-eyed innocence crossed with wily smarts that keeps everyone, including Gary, guessing.

From New York Times

In other words, what if Trump’s contention that he magically transmogrified the classified documents into his personal property were a valid factual defense rather than a meritless legal claim?

From Los Angeles Times

According to cast member Kyle Sullivan, “There was this weird dynamic where they were taking something that exists in an adult context, like ‘Fear Factor,’ and transmogrifying it for kids.

From Los Angeles Times

Not because they’re heating up, but because they are transmogrifying into their gaseous state.

From New York Times