uglification

English

Etymology

ugly +‎ -fication

Noun

uglification (countable and uncountable, plural uglifications)

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

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