transmogrifies
Completely alters form
Transmogrifies means transforms, usually in a surprising, grotesque, or humorous way.
The word carries a whimsical or exaggerated tone that plain "transforms" lacks: The potion transmogrifies him into a toad.
It suggests magical or absurd change rather than gradual evolution.
The word gained wider currency through the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, where Calvin's cardboard-box "transmogrifier" could turn him into anything.
Profound biological restructuring
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- morphChange form gradually
- alterMake a modification
- convertChange in form or faith
mutate · change · evolve · transmute · reconfigure · reshape · warp · distort
Strikingly unconventional
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
chimerical · eldritch · uncanny · monstrous · nightmarish · outlandish · unearthly · warped
Magical influence over someone
- spellcastingPerforming magical incantations
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- wizardryPractice of casting spells
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
bewitchment · incantation · hex · charm · thaumaturgy · necromancy · transfiguration · shape-shifting
Wildly illogical quality
- Calvin and HobbesComic about imaginative boy
- zanyAmusingly absurd
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
parody · caricature · buffoonery · cartoon · silly · ridiculous · lampoon · spoof
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- elixirMythical healing draught
- base metalsNon-precious metallic elements
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
lead into gold · alembic · crucible · hermeticism · tincture · magnum opus · mercury · sulfur
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
convert · mutate · change · evolve · transmute · reconfigure · reshape · warp · distort · disfigure
bizarre
Strikingly unconventional
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
otherworldly · chimerical · eldritch · uncanny · monstrous · nightmarish · outlandish · unearthly · warped · twisted
enchantment
Magical influence over someone
- spellcastingPerforming magical incantations
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- wizardryPractice of casting spells
conjuration · bewitchment · incantation · hex · charm · thaumaturgy · necromancy · transfiguration · shape-shifting · polymorph
absurdity
Wildly illogical quality
- Calvin and HobbesComic about imaginative boy
- zanyAmusingly absurd
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
farce · parody · caricature · buffoonery · cartoon · silly · ridiculous · lampoon · spoof · exaggeration
transmutation
Complete change of form
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- elixirMythical healing draught
- base metalsNon-precious metallic elements
lead into gold · quintessence · alembic · crucible · hermeticism · tincture · magnum opus · mercury · sulfur · salt
transmogrifiespreserves
Cooked fruit in sugar
maintains · conserves · keeps · retains · stabilizes
transmogrifiesrefines
Makes purer or better
tweaks · fine-tunes · adjusts · polishes · nudges
transmogrifiesrestores
Returns to previous state
reverts · unmakes · reconstitutes · rehabilitates · reinstates