transfigured
past simple and past participle oftransfigure
transfigure
verb[T]
formaluk/trænsˈfɪɡ.ər/us/trænsˈfɪɡ.jɚ/tochangetheappearanceof apersonor thing very much, usually in a verypositiveand oftenspiritualway:
As shegazeddown at thebaby, herfacewas transfiguredwithtenderness.
Theassassinationsomehowtransfigured KennedyintoamodernAmericansaint.
Synonym
transmogrifyhumorous
Changing
- about-face
- about-turn
- alterable
- altered
- alternate
- chop
- commute
- modulation
- move on
- move the goalpostsidiom
- move with the timesidiom
- new
- pivot
- shakesomeoneup
- stead
- steep
- steepness
- sway
- switch up
- switcheroo
Examplesoftransfigured
transfigured
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Proponents of ' the eye ' were reluctant to outline the precise methods by which furious maniacs weretransfigured, and unsurprisingly, the sources of the charismatic stewards' efficacy were contested.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Ferrari used to evoke (and with relish) the memory of what he would call his 'microphonic improvisations, with big designs ontransfiguredmicro-sounds'.
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Their faces weretransfiguredby this highly charged emotional experience.
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In the 19th and 20th century the patriotic historiographytransfiguredhim.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His second solemn deed and task therefore... is to return then to us,transfigured, and teach the lesson he has learned of life renewed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have beentransfiguredfor the hexagonal board-cell geometry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The game is in all respects the same as shogi, except that piece moves have beentransfiguredfor the triangular board-cell geometry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The latter, however, would cause the person to gain the brain of the animal they havetransfiguredinto.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Our appetities know themselves better when artisticallytransfigured.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Suddenly, the woman istransfiguredin an array of bright lights.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This abstraction is usually an attempt to represent the otherness of thetransfigureduniverse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The white animal and thetransfiguredwoman (brunette, dressed, walking, talking, feeling) remain in a problematic relation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Zeitblom describes the work as filled with longing without hope, with hellish laughter transposed andtransfiguredeven into the searing tones of spheres and angels.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It begins with a long 23-bar melody on an unaccompanied solo trumpet (which returns at the symphony's close,transfiguredby all that has intervened).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They aretransfiguredin scarlet, saffron, emerald.
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- dormitory room
- dormitory suburb
- dormitory-suburb
- dormitory town
- dormitory-town
- Dormobile
- dormouse
- dorm room
- dorp
- dorsa
- dorsal
- dorsal aspect
- dorsal cortex
- dorsal fin
- dorsal-fin
- dorsal fin origin
- dorsal-fin-origin
- dorsalis
- dorsally
- dorsal ridge
- dorsal stream
- dorsal surface
- dorsal view
- Dorset
- dorsiflexion