Meanings
plural uglifications
- countableuncountableThe process of being made ugly or uglified.
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 Acts1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Catalan enlletgiment
- enlletgimentthe process of being made ugly or uglified
German Entstellung, Hässlichmachung
- Entstellungthe process of being made ugly or uglified
- Hässlichmachungthe process of being made ugly or uglified
- Häßlichmachungthe process of being made ugly or uglified
Italian imbruttimento
- imbruttimentothe process of being made ugly or uglified
Polish oszpecenie
- oszpeceniethe process of being made ugly or uglified
Portuguese enfeiamento, enfeamento
- enfeiamentothe process of being made ugly or uglified
- enfeamentothe process of being made ugly or uglified
Swedish förfulning
- förfulningthe process of being made ugly or uglified
Cite this entry
uglification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uglification
“uglification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uglification. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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