animalize meaning

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animalize (verb): represent in the form of an animal.

Spelling: animalise (British) · animalize (American)

animalize has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

animalize as a verb

  1. represent in the form of an animal

    Synonyms: animalise

    Type of: represent

    Related forms: animal

  2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
    • Life in the camps had brutalized him

    Synonyms: brutalize, brutalise, animalise

    Type of: change

  3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

    Synonyms: brutalize, brutalise, animalise

    Type of: change

Scrabble score: 20 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in ZE · 9-letter words

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