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verb
To make ugly; to destroy or worsen the appearance or attractiveness of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To become ugly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Synonym of minify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Synonyms: minify
Antonyms: pretty-print, beautify, prettify
verb
make ugly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: beautify
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
From ugly + -fy. Sense 3 by analogy with prettify.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
