uglify

[uhg-luh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

uglified, uglifying 

1. to make ugly.

uglify

/ ˈʌɡlɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to make or become ugly or more ugly

Other Word Forms

• uglification noun
• uglifier noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of uglify¹

First recorded in 1570–80; ugly + -fy

Example Sentences

“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.

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In 2019, a debate broke out online over whether a Chinese model with freckles appearing in a Zara campaign "uglified" Chinese people.

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They refuted suggestions that Ms Li had been "uglified" saying "she has always looked like this, her face has not been photoshopped, she was photographed naturally."

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The Hours wasn’t even the best of them, but it was the one that announced that plan most literally, with literary biopic cred, uglifying makeup and all.

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

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