DEMONIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they demonize ... he / she / it demonizes

Past simple: demonized

Past participle: demonized

-ing form: demonizing

Meaning:

Make into a demon

Example:

Power had demonized him

Synonyms:

demonise; demonize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "demonize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

demon (an evil supernatural being)

demon (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)

demonization (to represent as diabolically evil)