ugly in English dictionary

  • ugly

    Meanings and definitions of "ugly"

    • Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
    • Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
    • Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
    • ugliness
    • adjective
      Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
    • adjective
      Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
    • adjective
      Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
    • adjective
      Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
    • adjective
      Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
    • noun
      (slang, uncountable)
      Ugliness.
    • noun
      (slang)
      An ugly person or thing.
    • noun
      (Britain, informal, dated)
      A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
    • verb
      (transitive, nonstandard)
      To make ugly (sometimes with up).
    • displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
    • displeasing to the ear or some other sense
    • offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
    • Not good looking.
    • Morally reprehensible.
    • adjective
      displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
    • adjective
      inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
    • adjective
      morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
    • adjective
      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"

    Synonyms of "ugly" in English dictionary

    alarming, hideous, vile are the top synonyms of "ugly" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "ugly" in English dictionary

    beautiful is the antonym of "ugly" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ugly

    • ugly ( uncountable)
    • ugly ( comparative uglier, superlative ugliest)
    • st. wyższy uglier, st. najwyższy ugliest
    • ugly (comparative uglier, superlative ugliest)
    • ugly (countable and uncountable, plural uglies)
    • ugly (third-person singular simple present uglies, present participle uglying, simple past and past participle uglied)
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