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English adjective: ugly

1. ugly displeasing to the senses


SamplesAn ugly face.
Ugly furniture.


Similardisfigured, evil-looking, fugly, grotesque, hideous, ill-favored, ill-favoured, monstrous, repulsive, scrofulous, unlovely, unpicturesque, unsightly


See alsoawkward, displeasing, unattractive


Attributebeauty


Antonymsbeautiful

2. ugly inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace


SamplesA surly waiter.
An ugly frame of mind.


Synonymssurly


Similarill-natured


Antonymsgood-natured

3. ugly morally reprehensible


SamplesWould do something as despicable as murder.
Ugly crimes.
The vile development of slavery appalled them.
A slimy little liar.


Synonymsdespicable, slimy, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched


Similarevil


Antonymsgood

4. ugly provoking horror


SamplesAn atrocious automobile accident.
A frightful crime of decapitation.
An alarming, even horrifying, picture.
War is beyond all words horrible.
An ugly wound.


Synonymsatrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying


Similaralarming


Antonymsunalarming









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