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uglify

[ uhg-luh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, ug·li·fied, ug·li·fy·ing.
  1. to make ugly.


uglify

/ ˈʌɡlɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. to make or become ugly or more ugly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌuglifiˈcation, noun
  • ˈugliˌfier, noun
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Other Words From

  • ugli·fi·cation noun
  • ugli·fier noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of uglify1

First recorded in 1570–80; ugly + -fy
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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.

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

From BBC

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.

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

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