uglification

English

Etymology

ugly +‎ -fication

Noun

uglification (countable and uncountable, plural uglifications)

1. The process of being made ugly or uglified.
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     I go to put in readiness the feast
     Kept to the honour of our goddess Famine,
     Where, for more glory, let the ceremony
     Take place of the uglification of the Queen.

Antonyms

• beautification

Related terms

• uglify
• ugly

Translations

the process of being made ugly or uglified

• German: Entstellung f, Hässlichmachung f, Häßlichmachung f (obsolete spelling)
• Italian: imbruttimento m
• Portuguese: enfeiamento m, enfeamento m
• Romagnol: imbrutìda f, imbrutimént m
• Swedish: förfulning (sv) c