Meaning

2 senses

  1. To make something or someone into a monster.

  2. To give someone a very bad reputation; demonize, vilify.

Origin

From monster + -ize.

From monster + -ize.

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Forms

monsterizes, monsterizing, monsterized, monsterized
Base formmonsterize · to monsterize
3rd person singularmonsterizes
Present participlemonsterizing
Past simplemonsterized
Past participlemonsterized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymonsterize
he, she, itmonsterizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsmonsterized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave monsterized
he, she, ithas monsterized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill monsterize

Synonyms

64 synonyms
monsterB1blameA2blazeB2blurB2cloudA1detractC2dirtyA1discreditB2disgraceB2disparageC2foulB2muddyB2reproachC2revileC2

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmonsterization

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
monsoonmonsterB1monstrositymonstrousmontmontage
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