1. to make or render Gothic in style, character, or appearance

Examples

• The architect decided to gothicize the modern building by adding pointed arches and flying buttresses.
• The novelist attempted to gothicize her romance by setting it in a crumbling medieval castle.
• They plan to gothicize the church renovation with stained glass windows and ribbed vaulting.
• The film director chose to gothicize the story by emphasizing dark, mysterious elements.
• The interior designer will gothicize the room using heavy drapery and ornate stonework.
• Publishers often gothicize book covers to appeal to fans of dark fiction.