uglify

American  

[uhg-luh-fahy] / ˈʌg ləˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

uglified, uglifying

1. to make ugly.

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uglify British  

/ ˈʌɡlɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to make or become ugly or more ugly

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Other Word Forms

• uglification
  noun
• uglifier
  noun

Etymology

Origin of uglify

First recorded in 1570–80; ugly + -fy

Example Sentences

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“I thought it was impossible to uglify Jude Law and illegal to make an un hot Captain Hook but Disney has proved me wrong yet again,” @neon_heartbeat tweeted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Also off-limits is wearing shorts, skirts or tight-fitting clothes: Julia and her friends uglify themselves.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2018

"My favorite occupation," he said, "is to make others famous, to uglify them, to enrich their ugliness."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Well then," the Gryphon went on, "if you don't know what to uglify is, you are a simpleton."

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

"Well then," the Gryphon went on, "if you don't know what to uglify is, you ARE a simpleton."

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

All progress comes with a cost of course -- hasn't the automobile, so necessary in our lives, completely altered and uglified the world's landscapes?

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2010

So anyway, Arthur Evesham's kingdom'd uglified since his death.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Percy grimaced, which looked even worse on his newly uglified face.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The only beauties of the place, and those unintentional, were the long lines of hand-planted shade-trees, uglified as far as possible with whitewashed trunks and croppy heads, but still lovable, growing, living things.

From Animal Heroes by Seton, Ernest Thompson

‘Father banished them all twenty years ago,’ said Aura behind her veil, ‘all but the one who uglified me.’

From The Magic World by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)

“The resurrection of the Jews is the greatest story ever told,” Ms. Wisse says, “and while our enemies were hard at work uglifying it, we told the story of the Holocaust.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

He owns the joint, and pines for the day when he will be sprung from his uglifying hex by the touch of love.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 17, 2017

On Sept. 30, Ms. Ballinger posted a video titled “Life Update” on one of her YouTube channels, PsychoSoprano, that looked much the same, minus the uglifying Miranda Sings makeup.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2016

Not a single feature, from the feet to the eyeballs, has escaped the uglifying process.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus