transfigured
Made gloriously different
Transfigured means transformed in appearance, especially in a way that glorifies or elevates.
The word carries religious weight from the biblical Transfiguration, when Jesus's face shone with divine light.
More broadly, anything transfigured has been changed into something more beautiful or radiant: Her face was transfigured by joy.
The change is outward but suggests inner transformation.
Fundamentally changed in nature
- transmutedChanged in nature
- changedMade or became different
- alteredChanged from before
- convertedAltered in form or purpose
morphed · reshaped · mutated · evolved · transmogrified · remade · reconstituted · reformed
Praised beyond merit
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- divineOf or from gods
- illuminatedMade visible by light
sanctified · beatified · resplendent · exalted · heavenly · luminous · ascended · holy
Cannot be identified
- alteredChanged from before
- changedMade or became different
- disguisedConcealed true identity
- beautifiedMade more attractive
glamorized · rejuvenated · refreshed · renewed · revitalized · restored · reinvented · remodeled
Conceived again differently
- reinterpretedUnderstood in another way
- reworkedAltered after initial attempt
- stylizedGiven artistic treatment
- abstractedLost in thought
rendered · depicted · portrayed · represented · idealized · romanticized · Raphael · iconography
transformed
Fundamentally changed in nature
- transmutedChanged in nature
- changedMade or became different
- alteredChanged from before
converted · morphed · reshaped · mutated · evolved · transmogrified · remade · reconstituted · reformed · reborn
glorified
Praised beyond merit
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- divineOf or from gods
illuminated · sanctified · beatified · resplendent · exalted · heavenly · luminous · ascended · holy · sacred
unrecognizable
Cannot be identified
beautified · glamorized · rejuvenated · refreshed · renewed · revitalized · restored · reinvented · remodeled · refined
reimagined
Conceived again differently
- reinterpretedUnderstood in another way
- reworkedAltered after initial attempt
- stylizedGiven artistic treatment
abstracted · rendered · depicted · portrayed · represented · idealized · romanticized · Raphael · iconography · altarpiece
- transformedchanged, transformed, altered, converted, modified
transfiguredunchanged
Not modified at all
unaltered · untransformed · preserved · static · maintained
transfigureddegraded
Reduced in rank or quality
debased · corrupted · defiled · disfigured · marred
transfiguredprofaned
Violated sanctity of
mundane · earthbound · desacralized · worldly · ordinary
transfigure, transfiguration, transfiguring, transfigures, transfigurations