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UGLY
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Irregular inflected forms: uglier , ugliest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provoking horror
Example:
an ugly wound
Synonyms:
atrocious; frightful; horrible; horrifying; ugly
Classified under:
Similar:
alarming (frightening because of an awareness of danger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Displeasing to the senses
Example:
ugly furniture
Classified under:
Similar:
disfigured (having the appearance spoiled)
evil-looking (having an evil appearance)
fugly ((slang) extremely ugly)
grotesque; monstrous (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)
hideous; repulsive (so extremely ugly as to be terrifying)
ill-favored; ill-favoured (usually used of a face)
scrofulous (having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula)
unlovely; unpicturesque (without beauty or charm)
unsightly (unpleasant to look at)
Also:
unattractive (lacking beauty or charm)
awkward (lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance)
displeasing (causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities)
Attribute:
beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)
Antonym:
beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)
Derivation:
ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Morally reprehensible
Example:
a slimy little liar
Synonyms:
despicable; slimy; ugly; unworthy; vile; worthless; wretched
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
evil (morally bad or wrong)
Derivation:
ugliness (the quality of being wicked)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
Example:
an ugly frame of mind
Synonyms:
surly; ugly
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Context examples:
Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
But still, there certainly were a dreadful multitude of ugly women in Bath; and as for the men! they were infinitely worse.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Were it not for the ugly wound upon my hand, all that had passed during those dreadful hours might have been an evil dream.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is not ugly, you see, at this end; there is some fine timber, but the situation of the house is dreadful.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Her ugly sister, Manon, married M. Duvillard, the rich banker, last autumn.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“He were an ugly devil,” cried a third pirate with a shudder; “that blue in the face too!”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Is it very ugly?" continued Mrs. Palmer—"then it must be some other place that is so pretty I suppose."
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
On his two younger sisters he then bestowed an equal portion of his fraternal tenderness, for he asked each of them how they did, and observed that they both looked very ugly.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
—it may be a very beautiful spirit that will go soaring up into the blue from that ugly carcass.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
