ugsome

American  

[uhg-suhm] / ˈʌg səm /

adjective

Scot. and North England.

1. horrid; loathsome.

---

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; cf. ugly) + -some -some ¹

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ugsome

I found my Vivien full sick, and a weariful and ugsome time had I with her ere she recovered of her malady.

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin

I weel remember, when Noncy was a bairn, she was the maist ugsome wee thing I ever clappit an e’e upon.

From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life by Susanna Moodie

Wi' a' his band, to the Holy Land   He's boune wi' merry din, His shouther's doss a Christ's cross,   In his breist an ugsome sin.

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald

‘For the young laird—a feckless, ugsome, sickly wean he was, puir laddie—a knight cam by, an’ behoved to take him to the King. 

From The Caged Lion by Charlotte Mary Yonge

"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."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---