uglify C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /ˈʌɡ.lɪ.faɪ/ UK /ˈʌɡ.lɪ.faɪ/ See IPA manual Freq #1261985 Meanings 1 verb to make a person, place, or thing ugly or less attractive Heavy advertising boards would uglify the historic town square. 2 verb to become ugly or less attractive Without maintenance, the painted surface will fade and uglify over time. 3 verb computing: to reduce source code to a compact, difficult-to-read form; to minify The build tool can uglify the JavaScript before deployment. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to make a person, place, or... disfiguredefacemar 2 verb · to become ugly or less... deterioratecoarsen 3 verb · computing: to reduce source... minifycompress ↔ Opposites beautifyembellish Word family Forms uglifying Derived forms uglification Related forms uglybeautifyprettify Etymology Formed in English from ugly + -ify ("make or become"), on the pattern of beautify. The computing sense developed much later from the names and terminology of software minification tools. Topics Cause, Change & Process External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # uglify **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈʌɡ.lɪ.faɪ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈʌɡ.lɪ.faɪ/ **Frequency rank:** 1261985 ## Meanings 1. to make a person, place, or thing ugly or less attractive 2. to become ugly or less attractive 3. computing: to reduce source code to a compact, difficult-to-read form; to minify ## Examples - Heavy advertising boards would uglify the historic town square. - Without maintenance, the painted surface will fade and uglify over time. - The build tool can uglify the JavaScript before deployment. ## Synonyms - disfigure - deface - mar - minify ## Antonyms - beautify - embellish ## Derived Forms - uglification ## Related Forms - ugly - beautify - prettify ## Etymology Formed in English from ugly + -ify ("make or become"), on the pattern of beautify. The computing sense developed much later from the names and terminology of software minification tools. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process markdown