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uglying

uglying is the present participle and gerund of ugly.

Meaning of ugly

Verb

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

  1. (nonstandard, transitive) To make ugly (sometimes with up).
    • I move noiselessly, eat my food carefully without uglying the dining table with its remnants, fold my bedsheets in neat rectangles and place them on the bed in perfect symmetry.2011, P. A. Krishnan, Muddy River

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Phrases with uglying

Questions about uglying

What is uglying the present participle and gerund of?
Uglying is the present participle and gerund of ugly.

Words near uglying in the dictionary

  1. ugly stick
  2. ugly sticks
  3. ugly up
  4. ugly-finder
  5. ugly-finders
  6. uglying
  7. uglying up
  8. uglyish
  9. uglyism
  10. uglysome
  11. ugmo

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