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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ugly \ug"ly\, a. compar. uglier; superl. ugliest. icel.
uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear akin to ugga to fear +
-ligr akin to e. -ly, like. ??. cf. awe.
1. offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of
disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive;
deformed.
1913 webster
the ugly view of his deformed crimes. --spenser.
1913 webster
like the toad, ugly and venomous. --shak.
1913 webster
o, i have passed a miserable night,
so full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. --shak.
1913 webster
2. ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly
temper; to feel ugly. colloq. u. s.
1913 webster
3. unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss;
as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. colloq.
1913 webster
see also:
uglier ugliest awe
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ugly
adj 1: displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly
face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly" ant: beautiful
2: deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums"
3: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
"a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" syn: surly
4: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
appalled them" syn: despicable, vile, unworthy
5: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a
baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone
became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent";
"sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his
threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation
became ugly" syn: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious,
minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening
6: provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a
frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even
horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"-
winston churchill; "an ugly wound" syn: atrocious, frightful,
horrifying, horrible
also: ugliest, uglier
see also:
beautiful surly despicable vile unworthy baleful
forbidding menacing minacious minatory ominous
sinister threatening atrocious frightful horrifying
horrible ugliest uglier
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
uglier
see ugly
see also:
ugly
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