monstrify

English

Etymology

monster +‎ -ify

Verb

monstrify (third-person singular simple present monstrifies, present participle monstrifying, simple past and past participle monstrified)

1. (transitive) To turn into a monster; to portray as monstrous.

   Hypernym: other

   • 2020, Axel Gasquet, Gorica Majstorovic, Cultural and Literary Dialogues Between Asia and Latin America, page 129:

     And like the police report, newspaper articles also monstrify the Japanese by demonizing kamikaze soldiers: […]