uglifies
Renders visually repulsive
Uglifies means makes ugly or unattractive.
The word is the third-person singular of uglify, a somewhat playful or emphatic alternative to saying something ruins the appearance of something else: That new building really uglifies the neighborhood.
The term often carries a note of complaint or disapproval about aesthetic choices.
To impair quality
- blemishesVisible surface flaws
- defacesDamages surface appearance
- scarsHealed wound tissue
- disfiguresSpoils outward form
deforms · mutilates · vandalizes · damages · wrecks · ruins · maims · injures
Corrodes on the surface
- sulliesDamages purity or honor
- taintsMakes slightly impure
- corruptsCauses moral decline
- defilesContaminates or desecrates
besmirches · degrades · cheapens · devalues · diminishes · impairs · compromises · spoils
Less physically attractive
- grotesquesBizarre ornamental figures
- repelsDrives back, resists
- offendsCauses displeasure or resentment
- displeasesCauses mild irritation
mars
To impair quality
disfigures · deforms · mutilates · vandalizes · damages · wrecks · ruins · maims · injures · harms
tarnishes
Corrodes on the surface
defiles · besmirches · degrades · cheapens · devalues · diminishes · impairs · compromises · spoils · blights
homelier
Less physically attractive
- grotesquesBizarre ornamental figures
- repelsDrives back, resists
- offendsCauses displeasure or resentment
displeases · coarsens · vulgarizes · clashes
decays
Deteriorates over time
- rotsUndergoes organic breakdown
- corrodesDegrades through oxidation
- deterioratesBecomes progressively worse
weathers · erodes · withers · wilts · fades · discolors · ages · crumbles · rusts · molders
uglifiesbeautifies
Makes more attractive
prettifies · enhances · adorns · embellishes · glamorizes