uglify

verb

Definition of uglifynext
as in to disfigure

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uglify
  1. disfigure
  2. scar
  3. deface
  4. mar
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  • And the filmmaker, who’s disfigured himself, really wanted to bring it out in the open.
    Elena Nelson Howe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, Sebastian Stan stars as Edward Lemuel, a struggling actor with low self-esteem who undergoes a medical procedure to cure him of a condition called neurofibromatosis that has caused his face to be disfigured.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of disfigure
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  • Most of the country’s current leadership, scarred by Lebanon’s 1975–90 civil war, is being more careful about accentuating communal polarization with the goal of avoiding the mistakes of the past.
    Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The film follows a few days in the life of global pop icon Skye Riley (Naomi Scott), who is returning to performing after a period in rehab and a lengthy hiatus due to a gruesome car crash that scarred her and killed her actor boyfriend Paul (Ray Nicholson).
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of scar
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  • The serial numbers on the AR-15s were defaced, Williams said.
    Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Blue splatters of paint have since come to accompany the mural after it was defaced.
    Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of deface
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  • The first talking head in the film is writer and critic Joe Queenan, who speaks simply but movingly of how the Beatles’ music helped dull the pain of an adolescence marred by paternal abuse.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Among the college football games marred by violence last weekend was Michigan’s 13-10 win over Ohio State.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of mar
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