TRANSMOGRIFYING Synonyms: 33 Similar Words

transmogrifying

verb

present participle of transmogrify

as in mutating

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Stars Gianna Jun as Professor Se-jeong, who is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference, causing authorities to seal the facility.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Spider-Man is struggling with his mutating powers — and the fact that his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) are making memories at MIT with zero recollection of their former pal.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of mutating

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These new defects let the material keep deforming safely under extreme pressure instead of snapping.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
The two valves must then pass one another midway through their strokes, briefly deforming to squeeze past each other before resuming their pumping roles.

— Mike McRae October 12, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of deforming

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But attorneys for the group Defenders of Wildlife said the government was distorting the environmental law’s definition of a species by focusing only on the populations in Minnesota and the Northern Rockies.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The absurdist look at greed and climate change, reality and the distorting power of media, feckless world leaders and rapacious billionaires, struggled to get off the ground.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

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Symptoms of the disease include severe itching and disfiguring skin conditions, as well as visual impairment and even permanent blindness after lesions develop on one’s eyes.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Leprosy, which can be traced back at least 4,000 years, can be highly visible and disfiguring, with the primary symptoms including changes to the skin and nervous system that can take upward of 20 years to develop after exposure.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of disfiguring

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Across industries, semiconductor innovation is reshaping products, redefining competitive advantage and creating new opportunities for growth.

— Michal Siwinski, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Reports over the past year – in this publication and others – show citizens and local governments redefining concepts of home beyond a roof and walls to offer a sense of belonging, safety, and neighborly regard.

— the Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of redefining

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Indeed, Chinese authorities have already begun refashioning the tools of their security state in response.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
Kingsoft Cloud is refashioning itself into an artificial intelligence cloud player — a move that should drive its shares higher, according to Morgan Stanley.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Definition of refashioning

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Fostering collaboration between humans and AI requires leaders who will think less about replacing work and more about redesigning work.

— Elisa Mallis, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Meta’s solution was to stop adding more cables and start redesigning the glass itself.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of redesigning

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The star snagged the property for just $57,000 and found great joy in repeatedly remodeling it during her time there.

— Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026
Wall color sets the room’s design foundation, so a refined shade can lift it without remodeling.

— Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of remodeling

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