"uglification" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: uglifications [plural]
Etymology: ugly + -fication Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ugly|fication}} ugly + -fication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} uglification (countable and uncountable, plural uglifications)
  1. The process of being made ugly or uglified. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Appearance Related terms: uglify, ugly Translations (the process of being made ugly or uglified): Entstellung [feminine] (German), Hässlichmachung [feminine] (German), Häßlichmachung (note: obsolete spelling) [feminine] (German), imbruttimento [masculine] (Italian), enfeiamento [masculine] (Portuguese), enfeamento [masculine] (Portuguese), imbrutìda [feminine] (Romagnol), imbrutimént [masculine] (Romagnol), förfulning [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "beautification"
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          "ref": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Entstellung"
        },
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          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Hässlichmachung"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
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          ],
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          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
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          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "rgn",
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          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "förfulning"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "uglification"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Entstellung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Häßlichmachung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imbruttimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enfeiamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enfeamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imbrutìda"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imbrutimént"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the process of being made ugly or uglified",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "förfulning"
    }
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}

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