uglification

Examples

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• And then the different branches of arithmetic, ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision.

  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

• And unfortunately for us Merkins, his fame gave large-scale real estate developers and urban planning aficionados cover and justification for their profit-driven uglification of many of our cities.

  Blog text (24)

• The city's latest renovation project resulted in the uglification of the park, with unattractive fences and dull pathways.

• Many residents protested against the uglification caused by the new shopping center, which they felt ruined the community's charm.

• Critics noted that the recent changes to the historic district led to the uglification of the once-beautiful architecture.

Synonyms

U

ugliness

vsuglification

16 1.4

A quality of being unpleasant to look at

is about the activity that brings about that unattractive quality

H

hideousness

vsuglification

2 6.3

Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted

concerns the process that makes something ugly rather than the extreme result

D

defacement

vsuglification

1 7.4

Damage to the surface or appearance of something, often done on purpose

is the broader idea of causing a thing to become less attractive

D

disfiguration

vsuglification

1 8.0

Damage to the look of something that makes it seem broken or ugly

focuses specifically on the process that makes something less attractive

U

unsightliness

vsuglification

1 6.7

Being unpleasant to look at

describes the action that produces that unpleasant visual state

U

unattractiveness

vsuglification

1 4.7

The way something looks when people do not find it pleasing

emphasizes the doing or process that causes that lack of appeal

Antonyms

B

beautification

7 4.2

Making a place or thing look nicer

How Ugly

disfigurement

9 7.3

uglification

1 9.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology