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Ugly

/ˈʌɡli/ · adjective

Meaning

Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
  2. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
  3. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
  4. (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
  5. (figuratively, derogatory) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
  6. (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
  7. (slang) An ugly person or thing.
  8. (logistics, informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.

Example Sentences

the ugly view of his deformed crimes
O, I have passed a miserable night, / So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
When the poor man’s integuments, no longer nourished from within, become dead skin, mere adscititious leather and callosity, wearing thicker and thicker, uglier and uglier;[…]— yes then, you may say, his usefulness once more is quite obstructed;[…]it is time that he take to bed, and prepare for departure, which cannot now be distant!
In Athens he looked up from his ouzo at what he called the ugliest people in the world.
President Obama gave an important press conference today and even took questions from the press, but all of this was overshadowed by the fact that Obama debuted one of the ugliest suits in the history of this great nation.
He played an ugly trick on us.
All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.
an ugly temper; to feel ugly

Synonyms for ugly

hideoushomelyrepulsiveunattractiveuncomelyunsightlydispleasingcorruptimmoralvilebadbeatbuttersbutt-uglyclappedcoyote uglydeformfuckfacedfuglylike the back end of a busplug-uglyuglyugly as sinunprettybalefulatrociousgrotesqueevilwickedsinister

Antonyms for ugly

attractivebeautifulgorgeoushandsomeprettysightlypleasingmoralcomelygood-lookingnice

Related Words

unsightlyill-favoredunlovelyinaestheticunpicturesqueill-favouredhideousunworthyrepulsivedespicablesinisterevilvileatrociousmonstroushorriblewickedgrotesquehorrifyingalarming

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does ugly mean?

Ugly means Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing..

What is a synonym for ugly?

Common synonyms include hideous, homely, repulsive, unattractive.

What is the opposite of ugly?

Possible antonyms include attractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome.

How do you use ugly in a sentence?

the ugly view of his deformed crimes

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