ugsome
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- ugsomeness noun
Etymology
Origin of ugsome
1350–1400; Middle English, equivalent to ugg ( en ) to fear, cause loathing (< Old Norse ugga to fear, dread; ugly ) + -some -some 1
Example Sentences
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"Since she has lain into your arms, She shall not lye in mine; Since she has kiss'd your ugsome mouth, She never shall kiss mine."
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At all events, the statute literally recites the “ugsome oaths” that are used by the old versifier.
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An ugsome looking cretur it wor, an' I wor mortal skeared, howdsomever, when measter screeched an' fell, I forgot to look on 'un agin—I wor so skeared about 'un.
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The suns and rains had not dealt kindly with him, and now the face looked like nothing earthly, as I saw it in the moonlight of the ugsome vault.
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I found my Vivien full sick, and a weariful and ugsome time had I with her ere she recovered of her malady.
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