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uglying up

uglying up is the present participle and gerund of ugly up.

Meaning of ugly up

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

Questions about uglying up

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

Words near uglying up in the dictionary

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

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