to uglify

Examples

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• I held out my foot, gritting my teeth, turning my head aside as if I feared Libby was going to take the knife to my face, uglifying me even more in exchange for my heart's desire.

  Fiction book (1994)

• "These guys around that block had this thing about how I was uglifying the neighborhood.

  Fiction book (1999)

• YaReally said: I've found that often girls will land an attractive guy and then actively try to uglify him.

  Blog text (28)

• This pretty place is about to get uglified real quick by a bunch of frickin' elves.

  Avengers: Endgame (2019)

• "In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction." -Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell

  Blog text (34)

• The abandoned building was painted in dark colors, which only served to uglify the once vibrant neighborhood.

• Excessive advertisements can uglify the beauty of historic sites.

• Some people believe that certain renovations aimed at modernization tend to uglify traditional architecture.

Synonyms

M

to mutilate

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• NSFW

73 7.4

Damage something by cutting or removing parts so it looks ruined

means spoiling appearance without implying extreme or destructive harm

D

to deform

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59 4.8

To change a thing's normal shape so it becomes bent or twisted

affects look without requiring a change in the basic shape

D

to degrade

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49 5.1

To make something worse in quality or value

refers specifically to harming visual appearance rather than general decline

D

to disfigure

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31 5.8

Spoil the appearance of a person or thing by damaging it

spoil appearance more generally, not only through physical harm

D

to deface

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29 5.8

Damage the surface of something by writing, scratching, or painting it

covers spoiling overall appearance beyond just surface damage

B

to blemish

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3 5.5

To make something look less perfect or attractive

applies to making something look bad in general, not only small flaws

M

to mar

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2 5.3

To damage how something looks or its quality

is focused specifically on harming how something looks rather than quality

D

to dinge

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• UK

9.8

To make something look dirty or faded

indicates a stronger spoiling of appearance than simple dirtiness

D

to deglamorize

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• US

7.2

To make something seem less attractive or exciting

focuses on spoiling visual look broadly rather than reducing glamour only

Antonyms

B

to beautify

9 3.2

To make a place or person more attractive by adding decorations like paint

How Ugly

to disfigure

31 5.8

to uglify

8.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology