transmogrifyverb [ I or T ]
uk/trænzˈmɒɡ.rɪ.faɪ/us/trænˈsmɑː.ɡrə.faɪ/humorousto change or be changed completely:
Almost overnight, that sweet, little child had transmogrified into an antisocial monster.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move on
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- reverse
- swing
- transfigure
- transform
- transitional
- transmute
- turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
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transmogrification
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌtrænz.mɒɡ.rɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/trænˌsmɑː.ɡrə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/