ugly up

verb

To make ugly.

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Meanings

verbugly up (third-person singular simple present uglies up, present participle uglying up, simple past and past participle uglied up)

present singular third person uglies up · participle present uglying up · participle past uglied up · past uglied up

  1. informaltransitiveTo make ugly.

    Adam and Eve not only uglied up their own lives, but they uglied up the entire world.

    2005, Stephen M. Miller, Big Dummies of the Bible, page 4

    Synonyms: uglify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make ugly.

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Translations

Swedish förfula, fula till
  • förfulamake ugly
  • fula tillmake ugly
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