ugsome

American  

[uhg-suhm] / ˈʌg səm /

adjective

Scot. and North England.

1. horrid; loathsome.

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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

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ugsome

And aye they gaed, and on they rade, till they came to a dark and ugsome glen, where they stopped, and the lady lighted down.

From The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

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

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

"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