animalize

A1N1I1M3A1L1I1Z10E1

verb

To represent in the form of an animal.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

verbanimalize (third-person singular simple present animalizes, present participle animalizing, simple past and past participle animalized)

present singular third person animalizes · participle present animalizing · participle past animalized · past animalized · alternative animalise

  1. To represent in the form of an animal.
  2. To convert or produce material rich in animal substance.

    The weaknesses or disorder of the bowels seem chiefly to be occasioned by the poor, watery, meagre, vegetable diet of the children and of their mothers. The latter, from the use of this diet, have their milk poor, and not sufficiently animalised.

    1805, Charles Hall, The Effects of Civilisation on the People in European States, Section III

Synonyms & antonyms

verbrepresent in the form of an animal

Similar

verbmake brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

verbbecome brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

Broader
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan animalitzar
  • animalitzarrepresent in the form of an animal
Polish animalizować
  • animalizowaćrepresent in the form of an animal
Spanish animalizar
  • animalizarrepresent in the form of an animal
Cite this entry
APA

animalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalize

MLA

“animalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalize.

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