ugly
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- adjective
- /ˈʌɡli/
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- The ugly sculpture in the park drew mixed reactions from visitors.
- very ugly
- ugly duckling
- ugly furniture
It's like the wheels, the ugly wheels on a Mustang.
- It's like the wheels, the ugly wheels on a Mustang.
- I just caught this ugly looking thing.
- I've bought a new car and it's this the ugliest car ever made.
- Here's the thing though, has this really ugly birthmark on my tummy.
- I said if you're extra ugly, you should use concealer.
- Now, you might be wondering, why is wearing an ugly Christmas sweater sexy?
- And it'll be one big fat, messy, ugly paragraph.
- Like carpets are ugly, no clocks or windows.
- Zach HD looks like an ugly Chewbacca shave.
- Yeah, it's very ugly, but it's not bad.
- But this fades on me in the ugliest freaking way ever.
Examples
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If you think my eyebrows are ugly, I like them.
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Work is too ugly, too boring, too banal.
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I just caught this ugly looking thing.
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Man, that cat is ugly and I like cats.
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The office building is an anonymous and really ugly, very large structure of the 1960s.
Academic text (1992) -
Why was this room filled with hulking, ugly men and only one other woman?
Fiction book (1990) -
They're kind of ugly, but who isn't?
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A wine catches in my throat as ugly tears stream down my cheeks.
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The old house looked ugly with its peeling paint and broken windows.
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She wore a dress that many considered ugly because of its bright, clashing colors.
Synonyms
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Not nice and causing discomfort or unhappiness
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5.1
Very ugly and likely to make people feel shocked or disgusted
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5.5
Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell
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1.8
Not pleasant to look at or to the senses
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4.1
Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting
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9.3
Extremely unpleasant to look at
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9.9
Very ugly in an informal, rude way
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4.2
Not pleasant or attractive
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7.2
Very unpleasant to look at or to be with
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6.2
Not attractive in looks or style
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8.0
Not attractive to look at, especially in the face
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6.0
Not attractive and unpleasant to see or hear
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5.0
Not pleasant to look at or to be part of
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6.6
Not attractive to look at
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6.5
Looks plain and not attractive
Not attractive or interesting
Not attractive to look at
Not in a regular or attractive form
Ugly or unpleasant in appearance
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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4.2
Someone or something that seems not attractive at first but later becomes admired
How Ugly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ugly comes from an old Norse word uggligr meaning 'frightening' or 'to fear'. So it first meant 'scary', which is why we still use ugly for something that looks unpleasant or displeasing to the eyes.