Synonyms of transmuting

transmuting

verb

present participle of transmute

as in transforming

to change in form, appearance, or use

in his elegy on his deceased wife, the poet has transmuted inconsolable grief into high art

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transforming
• converting
• metamorphosing
• reworking
• remodeling
• transfiguring
• transposing
• replacing
• altering
• modifying
• adjusting
• transubstantiating
• alchemizing
• redesigning
• recasting
• making over
• redefining
• revising
• mutating
• deforming
• refashioning
• remaking
• distorting
• reengineering
• redoing
• transmogrifying
• supplanting
• disfiguring
• regenerating
• revamping
• substituting
• varying
• displacing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of transmuting

No headliner has ever been an ex–drug dealer whose entire mythos is wrapped up in transmuting block-boy brilliance into boardroom brute force. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

That bite and raw intensity produce some of the album’s standout moments, transmuting jungle’s physicality across a wide emotional range with poetic verve and Nia’s woody, vulnerable, yet strident timbre. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

Afterwards, group members went on to form several other hugely meaningful outfits such as Slint, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro, Papa M and the For Carnation, transmuting Squirrel Bait’s Reagan-era aggression into more esoteric, impossible-to-classify sonic explorations. — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 June 2026

Writing arrived as a compulsion, transmuting grief into something palatable and art-like, like a View-Master stereoscope with kaleidoscope slides. — Eli Raphael, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026

Transmuting actinides into isotopes Rosatom stated that fast neutron reactors can burn minor actinides by transmuting them into isotopes that are either stable or have shorter half-lives. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026

In the business classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay examined the psychology of crowd behavior and mass hysteria throughout history, from the Dutch Tulip Mania of the 1630s to humanity’s historical obsession with transmuting base metals into gold. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025

The Arriscan can scan up to five frames per second, transmuting film into digital form. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

Her education in Brussels was one of the turning points in her life, initiating deeply conflicting private emotions and an unrequited love that took her years to recover from, its influence bleeding into all her books and transmuting into her currently gestating novel, Villette. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025