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ugly up

ugly up verb: to make ugly.

Verb

ugly up (third-person singular simple present uglies up, present participle uglying up, simple past and past participle uglied up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make ugly.
    • Adam and Eve not only uglied up their own lives, but they uglied up the entire world.2005, Stephen M. Miller, Big Dummies of the Bible, page 4
    Synonyms:
    uglify

Synonyms of ugly up

Forms of ugly up

third-person singular presentuglies up
present participleuglying up
past participleuglied up
pastuglied up

Questions about ugly up

What does ugly up mean?
Ugly up means to make ugly.
What part of speech is ugly up?
Ugly up is a verb.
What is the past tense of ugly up?
The past tense of ugly up is uglied up.

Words near ugly up in the dictionary

  1. ugly milk-caps
  2. ugly sister
  3. ugly sisters
  4. ugly stick
  5. ugly sticks
  6. ugly up
  7. ugly-finder
  8. ugly-finders
  9. uglying
  10. uglying up
  11. uglyish

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