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animalise

A form of animalize — To represent in the form of an animal.

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Meanings

verbanimalise (third-person singular simple present animalises, present participle animalising, simple past and past participle animalised)

present singular third person animalises · participle present animalising · participle past animalised · past animalised

UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of animalize.
Wireless imagination and the use of free words will lead us to the essence of Matter ... we may animalise, vegetalise, mineralise, electrify, and liquefy style, making it, to a certain extent, live the same life as that of matter.
1917, Sir Henry John Newbolt, A New Study of English Poetry, page 249

Synonyms & antonyms

verbrepresent in the form of an animal

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represent interpret

verbmake brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

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brutalize brutalise animalize

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change alter modify

verbbecome brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

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brutalize brutalise animalize

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animalize brutalise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From animal + -ise.

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APA

animalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalise

MLA

“animalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animalise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalise.

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