metamorphosed

verb

past tense of metamorphose
as in transformed
to change in form, appearance, or use a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs

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Recent Examples of metamorphosed In the space of eight years, Tems has metamorphosed from one-to-watch to global megastar. — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 15 July 2026 What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026 The show that began as a bottom-up look at the cutthroat world of finance has metamorphosed into something more dismal. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026 The pressure and heat of deep burial and tectonic events over eons have transformed the silt into a hard metamorphic rock, and the microbial carbon in it has metamorphosed into graphite. — Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metamorphosed
  1. transformed
  2. converted
Verb
  • In some neighborhoods, as many as one-fourth of housing options have been transformed into short-term rentals.
    — Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The elder Lewis eventually transformed the ranch into a commercial complex and started renting space to businesses.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of transformed
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  • Desperately needing a win to avoid falling to 0-4 in Big 12 conference play, the Jayhawks converted five of those attempts.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
  • His device converted sound into electrical signals that could travel over wires and be converted back into speech.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of converted

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“Metamorphosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metamorphosed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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