shapeshifter
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shapeshifter
- /ˈʃeɪpʃɪftə/ UK
- /ˈʃeɪp.ʃɪf.tɚ/ US
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From shape + shifter.
noun shapeshifters · shape-shifter
- A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will. The shapeshifter Lisa Bowalk, unable to shed the guise of a black panther, had gone onto the plain as a prisoner but was not now to be found among the dead above or the Captured down below.
- A person who is inconsistent and elusive. She was an alcoholic, very chageable, very deceptive. A shapeshifter. You never knew where you stood with her, […]
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Translations
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noun creature capable of changing its appearance
| Español | cambiante, mutaforma, metamórfico, metamorfo, cambiaforma |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mgeuzi, kibadilishaumbo |
| Português | transmorfo |
| Français | métamorphe |
| Deutsch | Gestaltwandler, Gestaltwandlerin, Formwandler, Formwandlerin |
| Italiano | mutaforma |
| Русский | о́боротень óborotenʹ |
Talk about this word "shapeshifter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shapeshifter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shapeshifter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shapeshifter "shapeshifter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shapeshifter.Cite this
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