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单词 unbeautify
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unbeautifyv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1d(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈbeautify.
transitive. To render unbeautiful.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > disfigure [verb (transitive)]
loathly?c1225
defacec1374
disfigurec1374
emblemishc1384
defoula1387
unhighta1387
disray1431
deform?c1450
foul?c1450
deflower1486
defeata1492
unbeauty1495
deflourisha1513
disform?1520
ungarnish1530
disfashiona1535
disfavour1535
disgrace1549
unbeautify1570
uglify1576
disbeautify1577
dishonest1581
disshape1583
disornament1593
disadorn1598
undeck1598
disvisage1603
unfair1609
untrim1609
debellish1610
disfair1628
discomplexion1640
devenustate1653
disfeature1659
monkeyfy1707
ugly1740
defeature1792
dedecorate1804
scarecrow1853
nastify1873
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiii v/1 To Vnbeautifie, dedecorare.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disabellire,..to vnbeautyfie.
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 400 Sin unbeautifies man, and ravisheth his Excellency.
a1726 W. Reeves 14 Serm. (1729) 20 They depreciate and unbeautify the whole work of Redemption.
1798 Lamb The Witch in Lucas Lamb & Lloyds (1898) 94 Heaven's music, which is order, seems unstrung, And this brave world..unbeautify'd, Disorder'd, marr'd.
1876 W. Alexander Witness Psalms to Christ (1877) 181 It is characteristic that the same hand should have unbeautified the Psalms for a shallow generation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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