uglify
verb (used with object)
to make ugly.
uglification
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a word derived from
uglify.
Example Sentences
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Fair enough – if I were a youthful-looking 66-year-old, like Dobson, I’d want to stress that uglification on screen was purely prosthetic.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2015
Ten years ago, St. James, Mo., looked like a town that was out to win the grand prize for uglification.
From Time Magazine Archive
In cities and towns across the country, the great urban renewal juggernaut of the 1950s and early 1960s has ground to a halt in uglification or nullity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even given the highly unlikely return of abundant fuel, the U.S. could not indefinitely tolerate or afford the poisonous pollution, cost, congestion, racket and uglification of a transportation system based on carbon monoxide and concrete.
From Time Magazine Archive
Everywhere in it, were to be seen strenuous efforts at uglification, crowned with unmeasured success.
From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton
