Ugly American
noun
a stereotypical representation of an American tourist as a brash and insensitive philistine
Origin of Ugly American
1C20: from title of a novel (1958) by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick
Words Nearby Ugly American
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How to use Ugly American in a sentence
While not exactly the Ugly American, Sinatra provided plenty of his own homegrown ballast.
He has traveled overseas and played the part of “The Ugly American.”
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