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ugly
[ uhg-lee ]
adjective
- very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
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Antonyms:
- disagreeable; unpleasant; objectionable:
ugly tricks;
ugly discords.
- morally revolting:
ugly crime.
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- threatening trouble or danger:
ugly symptoms.
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- mean; hostile; quarrelsome:
an ugly mood;
an ugly frame of mind.
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- (especially of natural phenomena) unpleasant or dangerous:
ugly weather;
an ugly sea.
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ugly
/ ˈʌɡɪ /
adjective
- of unpleasant or unsightly appearance
- repulsive, objectionable, or displeasing in any way
war is ugly
- ominous or menacing
an ugly situation
- bad-tempered, angry, or sullen
an ugly mood
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, adverb
- ˈܲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܲl· adverb
- ܲl·Ա noun
- p·ܲl adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of ugly1
Idioms and Phrases
- rear its ugly head
Example Sentences
“The train’s running pretty fast. It’d be ugly to jump off now.”
"They've amassed these points by winning when it's hard, winning when it's ugly, winning when the opposition have put up a fight," adds Atkinson.
There’s a different switch in my brain for stand-up and stand-up is probably the more naughty or ugly parts of yourself that have you like, “Is this OK? Am I insane to think this?”
I grew up moving every few years with my family, so suitcases were ugly reminders of the moves ahead for us.
The second Trump presidency, in this view, will be an especially ugly form of normal politics, and then the pendulum will swing back in customary fashion.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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