DEVILIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Turn into a devil or make devilish

Example:

Man devilized by war

Synonyms:

devilise; devilize; diabolise; diabolize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something on somebody

Derivation:

devil (an evil supernatural being)

Devil ((Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell)

devil (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)