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uglification

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The process of being made ugly or uglified.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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