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gorgonize

[ gawr-guh-nahyz ]

verb (used with object)

gorgonized, gorgonizing.
  1. to affect as a Gorgon; hypnotize; petrify:

    She felt trapped and totally helpless in his gorgonizing stare.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of gorgonize1

First recorded in 1600–10; Gorgon + -ize
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Example Sentences

Such spectacles of human perfidy are the real Medusas that Gorgonize trusting, tender, throbbing hearts, and in view of this one I laughed aloud,—laughed so unnaturally that it was no marvel I was called a maniac.

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