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   Ug·ly

   /ˈəɡlē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. unpleasant or repulsive, especially in appearance: "people in school always told me I was ugly" Similar unattractiveill-favoredhideousplainplain-featuredplain-lookingunlovelyunprepossessingunsightlydispleasingdisagreeablehorriblefrightfulawfulghastlygruesomegrislyunpleasantfoulnastygrimvileshockingdisgustingrevoltingrepellentrepugnantgrotesquemonstrousreptilianmisshapendeformeddisfiguredhomelyinformal:not much to look atshort on looksas plain as a pikestaffas ugly as sinfuglyno oil paintinghuckeryOpposite beautifulattractive
   • 2. involving or likely to involve violence or other unpleasantness: "the mood in the room turned ugly" Similar unpleasantnastyalarmingdisagreeabletensechargedseriousgravedangerousperilousthreateningmenacinghostileominoussinisterarchaic:direfulrare:minaciousOpposite pleasantcalmpeaceable
   • ▪ unpleasantly suggestive; causing disquiet: "ugly rumors persisted that there had been a cover-up" Similar horribleunpleasantdisagreeabledespicablereprehensiblenastyhorridappallingobjectionableoffensiveobnoxiousfoulvilebasedishonorabledishonestrottenviciousspitefulmalevolentevilwicked
   • ▪ morally repugnant: "racism and its most ugly manifestations, racial attacks and harassment" Similar horribleunpleasantdisagreeabledespicablereprehensiblenastyhorridappallingobjectionableoffensiveobnoxiousfoulvilebasedishonorabledishonestrottenviciousspitefulmalevolentevilwicked

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse uggligr ‘to be dreaded’, from ugga ‘to dread’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. uglily adverb

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