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ug·ly

 (ŭg′lē)
adj. ug·li·er, ug·li·est
1. Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.
2.
a. Repulsive or offensive; objectionable: an ugly remark.
b. Chiefly Southern US Rude: Don't be ugly with me.
c. New England Unmanageable. Used of animals, especially cows or horses.
3. Morally reprehensible; bad.
4. Threatening or ominous: ugly black clouds.
5.
a. Likely to cause embarrassment or trouble: "Public opinion in both nations could take an ugly turn" (George R. Packard).
b. Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable: an ugly temper; an ugly scene.
n. pl. ug·lies Informal
One that is ugly.

[Middle English, frightful, repulsive, from Old Norse uggligr, from uggr, fear.]

ug′li·ly adv.
ug′li·ness n.
Synonyms: ugly, grotesque, hideous, ill-favored, unsightly
These adjectives mean offensive to the sense of sight: ugly furniture; a grotesque monster; a hideous scar; an ill-favored countenance; an unsightly billboard.
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ugly

(ˈʌɡlɪ)
adj, -lier or -liest
1. of unpleasant or unsightly appearance
2. repulsive, objectionable, or displeasing in any way: war is ugly.
3. ominous or menacing: an ugly situation.
4. bad-tempered, angry, or sullen: an ugly mood.
[C13: from Old Norse uggligr dreadful, from ugga fear]
ˈuglily adv
ˈugliness n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ug•ly

(ˈʌg li)

adj. -li•er, -li•est.
1. very unattractive or displeasing in appearance.
2. disagreeable: ugly weather.
3. morally revolting: an ugly crime.
4. threatening trouble or danger: an ugly wound.
5. hostile; quarrelsome: an ugly mood.
[1200–50; Middle English ugly, uglike < Old Norse uggligr fearful, dreadful]
ug′li•ly, adv.
ug′li•ness, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
unattractive - lacking beauty or charm; "as unattractive as most mining regions"
awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
displeasing - causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
2.ugly - inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menaceugly - inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
3.ugly - morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
4.ugly - provoking horrorugly - 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"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

ugly

adjective
1. unattractive, homely (chiefly U.S.), plain, unsightly, unlovely, unprepossessing, not much to look at, no oil painting (informal), ill-favoured, hard-featured, hard-favoured She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
unattractive pretty, beautiful, attractive, lovely, handsome, good-looking, gorgeous, cute
3. bad-tempered, nasty, sullen, surly, threatening, dangerous, angry, forbidding, menacing, sinister, ominous, malevolent, spiteful, baleful, bodeful He's in an ugly mood today.
bad-tempered friendly, peaceful, good-humoured, good-natured
Quotations
"Ugliness is superior to beauty, because ugliness lasts" [Serge Gainsbourg]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

ugly

adjective
1. Extremely displeasing to the eye:
Idiom: ugly as sin.
2. Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings:
3. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms:
noun
Informal. An unsightly object:
Informal: fright, sight.
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Translations
رَديءقَبِيحقَبيح، بَشٍع
ošklivýhrozivý
grimubehagelig
ruma
ružan
csúnya
burukjelek
ljóturuggvænlegur
醜い
못생긴
bīstamsdraudīgsneglītsnejauks
škaredý
grd
ful
น่าเกลียด
xấu xí

ugly

[ˈʌglɪ]
A. ADJ (uglier (compar) (ugliest (superl)))
1. (= not pretty) [appearance, person] → feo
to be as ugly as sinser feísimo, ser más feo que Picio
2. (fig) (= unpleasant) → desagradable; [mood] → peligroso, violento; [situation, wound] → peligroso; [rumour etc] → nada grato, inquietante; [custom, vice etc] → feo, repugnante
an ugly customerun tipo de cuidado
to grow or turn uglyponerse violento, amenazar violencia
B. CPD ugly duckling N (fig) → patito m feo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ugly

[ˈʌgli] adj
(= unattractive) [person, face, hat, furniture, building] → laid(e); [wound, scar] → vilain(e) before n
an ugly scar → une vilaine cicatrice
as ugly as sin → laid(e) comme les sept péchés capitaux
(= unpleasant, dangerous) [incident, scene] → lamentable
to give sb an ugly look → lancer un regard mauvais à qn
to turn ugly → tourner au vinaigre
Things turned ugly → Les choses ont tourné au vinaigre.
the ugly face of sth → le vilain visage de qchugly duckling nvilain petit canard m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ugly

adj (+er)
(= not pretty)hässlich; as ugly as sinhässlich wie die Sünde or Nacht
(= unpleasant, nasty)übel; news, woundschlimm, übel; rumour, scenes, crime, cloudshässlich; crimeübel, gemein; vicehässlich, übel; situation, skybedrohlich; an ugly customerein übler Kunde; to cut up or grow or turn ugly (inf)gemein or fies (inf)werden; censorship is an ugly word these daysZensur ist heutzutage ein hässliches Wort
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ugly

[ˈʌglɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))
a. (not pretty) → brutto/a
as ugly as sin → brutto/a come la fame
b. (nasty, situation, incident) → brutto/a; (rumour) → inquietante; (mood, look) → minaccioso/a; (crime, sight) → ripugnante; (vice) → osceno/a
an ugly customer (fam) → un brutto tipo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ugly

(ˈagli) adjective
1. unpleasant to look at. She is rather an ugly young woman.
2. unpleasant, nasty or dangerous. ugly black clouds; The crowd was in an ugly mood.
ˈugliness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

ugly

قَبِيح ošklivý grim hässlich άσχημος feo ruma moche ružan brutto 醜い 못생긴 lelijk stygg brzydki feio уродливый ful น่าเกลียด çirkin xấu xí 丑陋的
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ugly

a. feo-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

ugly

adj feo
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Shay lives in a futuristic society where humans are "uglies" until they turn sixteen; then they undergo surgery to become "pretties." Six months away from becoming a pretty, Shay rebels from the constant monitoring.
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Like the other Uglies, Tally is looking forward to her own transformation.