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uglify

verb/ˈʌɡlɪfaɪ/

What It Means

To make ugly; to destroy or worsen the appearance or attractiveness of.

To become ugly.

Synonym of minify.

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Uglify in Context

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

— 1999, Jonathan Lethem, Motherless Brooklyn, Vintage, page 75

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From ugly + -fy. Sense 3 by analogy with prettify.

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