uglifying

verb

present participle of uglify
as in disfiguring

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  1. disfiguring
  2. defacing
  3. marring
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  • The flames claimed the girls as collateral, scarring both of them but disfiguring Anaia, who worked the hardest to save Ruby.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The disfiguring bulge in Dinah’s lower face went away.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Definition of disfiguring
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  • Trump, in one of his Truth Social posts, cited laws against defacing monuments as grounds for imprisoning anyone harming the pool.
    — Nathan Ellgren, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • Two men from Germany were arrested after being accused of defacing a pride bench in Miami Beach with antisemitic symbols on Monday.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Definition of defacing
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  • To prevent a similar war from happening again, Menelaus scarred her face, permanently marring her famous beauty.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • Lined with live oaks and old-fashioned, busy storefronts, this artsy town on the Gulf of Mexico has no commercial development marring its shoreline.
    — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Definition of marring
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