uglify
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Etymology[edit]
From ugly + -fy. Sense 3 by analogy with prettify.
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uglify (third-person singular simple present uglifies, present participle uglifying, simple past and past participle uglified)
- (transitive) To make ugly; to destroy or worsen the appearance or attractiveness of.
- 1792, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 345:
- She uglifies every thing near her.
- (intransitive) To become ugly.
- 1986, Piers Anthony, Golem in the Gears:
- Inevitably those bodies age and uglify under her influence, but if they are outstandingly beautiful at the outset, that process takes longer.
- (computing) Synonym of minify
- Antonyms: pretty-print, beautify, prettify
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to make ugly
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