uglify

verb

Definition of uglifynext
as in to disfigure

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uglify
  1. disfigure
  2. scar
  3. deface
  4. mar
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  • Symptoms of the disease include severe itching and disfiguring skin conditions, as well as visual impairment and even permanent blindness after lesions develop on one’s eyes.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In July, the Wall Street Journal published an interview with Eui Seok Kang, who was severely disfigured when the airbag of his Chevrolet Malibu detonated after a crash.
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of disfigure
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  • In what ways the life of a creative artist, and the deaths that inevitably scar it, can leak into the ensuing work—through the cracks of a poem, or a movie, or a song—is, let’s face it, a conundrum that has been worried into exhaustion.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The 52-year-old wife of Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to the Norwegian throne, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs and leads to a reduced oxygen uptake.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Definition of scar
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  • Over the weekend, ShinyHunters boasted about hijacking and defacing CLOP’s site on the dark web with an image of a Pokémon.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • This is now the third attempt to deface this sacred memorial and turn it into a vanity project for one man’s ego.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of deface
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  • The designer had felt the atmosphere shift after her disastrous outdoor cruise collection in Marseille in May 2024, which was marred by a mini-storm.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • International observers have described previous elections in Serbia as marred by multiple irregularities and violence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of mar
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“Uglify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uglify. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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