uglificationn.
/ˌʌɡlᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌəɡləfəˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The action or process of making ugly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun]
disfigurec1386
deformationc1440
defoulinga1450
disfiguring1526
deforming1552
disfiguredness1565
disgrace1581
defiguration1585
defeature1593
disfigurement1637
disfiguration1653
reprobation1774
uglification1820
desightment1828
deform1831
disfeaturement1884
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 27 Where, for more glory, let the ceremony Take place of the uglification of the Queen.
1863 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 4 521 A more thorough uglification of our written or spoken language could hardly have been devised.
1890 Longman's Mag. Mar. 506 Their experiments in the science of comparative uglification.
2. That which renders ugly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > that which makes ugly
uglification1893
1893 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 1/3 London..has no street architecture. It has no decorations, though it has many uglifications.
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