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# uglify

«uglify» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make something ugly or uglier** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (uglify, uglifies, uglified, uglifying)

### meaning for a pupil

To make something ugly or uglier. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uglify/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A rare, slightly playful word, used in stories and complaints about buildings or places spoilt by ugly changes. Opposite: «beautify». In computing, «uglify» also means squashing program code so it is shorter and hard to read.

### examples

- The huge car park uglified the village green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uglify/#x1)
- Graffiti uglified the old bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uglify/#x2)
- «Don't uglify your homework with scribbles,» said the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uglify/#x3)
- The witch tried to uglify the princess with a spell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uglify/#x4)
- Some people think the new tower block uglifies the skyline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uglify/#x5)
- The programmer used a tool to uglify the code. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uglify/#x6)

### note

Past form «uglified», third person «uglifies» (y changes to ie). Rare and informal-sounding; more common: «spoil», «make ugly». Opposite «beautify».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uglify» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uglify/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.