Change completely the nature or appearance of:
— In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug.

synonyms: transfigure, transmogrify.

Roget 140: change, alter, vary, wax and wane; modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with; turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert^†; pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume.    work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce; transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume^†; metamorphose, ring the changes.    innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards; give a turn to, give a color to; influence, turn the scale; shift the scene, turn over a new leaf.    recast etc. 146; reverse etc. 218; disturb etc. 61; convert into etc. 144.    ... show more

Dutch: omtoveren, metamorfoseren

Change in outward structure or looks:
— The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle.

synonyms: transform, transmute.