To be transfigured means to be changed into something great or beautiful. They are transfigured by the healing powers of art He smiled back, which for an instant transfigured his unrevealing features. to change the way someone or something looks, especially so that they become more beautiful (transfigurare, from figurare )
change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"