Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uglification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ugli-fi-ca-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of being made ugly or uglified.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I go to put in readiness the feast Kept to the honour of our goddess Famine, Where, for more glory, let the ceremony Take place of the uglification of the Queen."
"There is an amusing side to this terrible threat to the countryside. So long as the uglification and slummification of England was confined to the industrial centres, few of the really best people troubled themselves."

Etymology

From uglify + -ication.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: uglify

Usage

Inflected Forms

uglifications (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

uglify ugly

Antonyms

beautification

Questions

What does uglification mean?: The process of being made ugly or uglified.
Where does uglification come from?: From uglify + -ication.

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