uglify

ugly +‎ -fy

• IPA^(key): /ʌɡlifaɪ/

uglify (third-person singular simple present uglifies, present participle uglifying, simple past and past participle uglified)

1. (transitive) To make ugly; to destroy or worsen the appearance or attractiveness of.
2. (intransitive) To become ugly.
   • 1986, Piers Anthony, Golem in the Gears:

     Inevitably those bodies age and uglify under her influence, but if they are outstandingly beautiful at the outset, that process takes longer.

• deface
• deform
• disfigure

• beautify

• uglification

• vilify