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UGLIFY (uglified)

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Irregular inflected form: uglified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does uglify mean? 

UGLIFY (verb)
  The verb UGLIFY has 1 sense:

1. make uglyplay

  Familiarity information: UGLIFY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UGLIFY (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they uglify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it uglifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: uglified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: uglified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: uglifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make ugly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "uglify" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

beautify (make more beautiful)


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