evilize

evilize

English

Verb

evilize (third-person singular simple present evilizes, present participle evilizing, simple past and past participle evilized)

1. to turn someone or something evil
   • 2013 Skylanders Swap Force PlayStation 4 Review Gameranx

     As it happens, an evil dude named Chaos has plans to take over the Skylands. To that end, Chaos engineers a series of machines called the ‘evilizers’ (yes, evilizers, not making this up), which have the propensity to morph normal creatures into evil versions thereof. His plan is to evilize just one of the four great Elemental spirits who control the magic of the Skylands so he can corrupt a volcano which erupts once every umpteen years and fill the entirety of the Skylands with evil.

   • 2015 Hawk Moth in "The Bubbler", Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir episode 1

     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.

   • 2016 Hawk Moth in "Magishion", Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

     Ah, the pain of being falsely accused... Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize her!

   • 2017 Metastatic breast cancer cells use hedgehog to 'evilize' docile neighbors Science Daily
2. vilify
   • 2015 FBI Uses National Security as Excuse to Suppress Muslim-Americans Sputnik International
   • The FBI is making an effort to “evilize” Islam, Siblani explained, by implying that Muslim-Americans are killers.

Derived terms

• de-evilize