uglifying

verb

present participle of uglify
as in disfiguring

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  1. disfiguring
  2. defacing
  3. marring
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  • Leprosy, which can be traced back at least 4,000 years, can be highly visible and disfiguring, with the primary symptoms including changes to the skin and nervous system that can take upward of 20 years to develop after exposure.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • 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
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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