different between uglification vs uglify

English

Etymology

ugly +? -fication

Noun

uglification (countable and uncountable, plural uglifications)

1. The process of being made ugly or uglified.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     I go to put in readiness the feast
     Kept to the honour of our goddess Famine,
     Where, for more glory, let the ceremony
     Take place of the uglification of the Queen.

Antonyms

• beautification

Translations

Related terms

• uglify
• ugly

English

Etymology

From ugly +? -fy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l?fa?/

Verb

uglify (third-person singular simple present uglifies, present participle uglifying, simple past and past participle uglified)

1. (transitive) To make ugly; to destroy or worsen the appearance or attractiveness of.
   • 1792, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 345:

     She uglifies every thing near her.

2. (intransitive) To become ugly.

Synonyms

• deface
• deform
• disfigure

Antonyms

• beautify

Derived terms

• uglification

Related terms

• vilify

Translations