uglification en · NOUN
Etymology
From uglify + -ication.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The process of being made ugly or uglified.
There is an amusing side to this terrible threat to the countryside. So long as the uglification and slummification of England was confined to the industrial centres, few of the really best people troubled themselves.
1928 August, R. B. Suthers, “The Disappearance of Rural England”, in The Labour Magazine, volume 7, number 4, London: Trades Union Congress; Labour Party, page 172: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.
1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uglifications | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
pt enfeamento (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · it imbruttimento (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · de Hässlichmachung (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · rgn imbrutimént (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · de Entstellung (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · pt enfeiamento (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · rgn imbrutìda (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · pl oszpecenie (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · ca enlletgiment (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · de Häßlichmachung (the process of being made ugly or uglified) · sv förfulning (the process of being made ugly or uglified)