ugly
very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
disagreeable; unpleasant; objectionable: ugly tricks;ugly discords.
morally revolting: ugly crime.
threatening trouble or danger: ugly symptoms.
mean; hostile; quarrelsome: an ugly mood;an ugly frame of mind.
(especially of natural phenomena) unpleasant or dangerous: ugly weather;an ugly sea.
Origin of ugly
1Other words for ugly
Opposites for ugly
Other words from ugly
- ug·li·ly, adverb
- ug·li·ness, noun
- su·per·ug·ly, adjective
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How to use ugly in a sentence
Even Godzilla, the ugliest star attraction of them all, is bigger than ever, both at the box office and in sheer monstrous height.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World? | Ted Gioia | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI have seen the ugliest thoughts expressed, sometimes in verse, while using public restrooms.
It would be a storybook ending to one of the ugliest chapters in history of American sports ownership.
How to Rescue the Clippers From Donald Sterling’s Racist Clutches | Jesse Lawrence | April 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou know how you just act the ugliest with the people you love the most?
How 'Scandal' Star Bellamy Young Transformed Mellie Into Fans' Favorite Character | Kevin Fallon | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe conveys the ugliest things with matter-of-factness, helping to demystify death.
Death Became Her: Molly Lefebure’s Wartime Years of Murder and Suicide | Tim Teeman | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The uncle was always horrible; he was one of the very ugliest of Spaniards; he was a brutal caricature of the national type.
Overland | John William De ForestThe ugliest of these was a small torpedo boat which stopped us before we were out of the English Channel.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianAmong the least old of the latter and yet ugliest of all, the dame of Haut-Pourcin was conspicuous.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueI could gaze and gaze for ever at this lovely panorama, but am told this is the ugliest part of the road.
It is one of the ugliest facts I recall about that time of crisis, the intense aversion I felt for Margaret.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for ugly
/ (ˈʌɡlɪ) /
of unpleasant or unsightly appearance
repulsive, objectionable, or displeasing in any way: war is ugly
ominous or menacing: an ugly situation
bad-tempered, angry, or sullen: an ugly mood
Origin of ugly
1Derived forms of ugly
- uglily, adverb
- ugliness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with ugly
In addition to the idioms beginning with ugly
- ugly as sin
- ugly customer
- ugly duckling
also see:
- rear its ugly head
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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