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evilize

verb

Etymology

From evil + -ize.

  1. derived from *upo✻
  2. inherited from *ubilaz✻
  3. inherited from *ubil✻
  4. inherited from yfel
  5. inherited from yvel
  6. suffixed as evilize — “evil + ize”

Definitions

  1. to turn someone or something evil

    • Desperate to help his friend, but feeling powerless. How frustrating! It won't be long before frustration turns to anger! Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him.

  2. vilify

    • The FBI is making an effort to “evilize” Islam, Siblani explained, by implying that Muslim-Americans are killers.

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Derived

de-evilize

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for evilize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA