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Adjective: ugly (uglier,ugliest)  úg-lee
  1. Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
    "an ugly frame of mind";
    - surly
     
  2. Morally reprehensible
    "ugly crimes";
    - despicable, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
     
  3. Provoking horror
    "an ugly wound";
    - atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible
     
  4. Displeasing to the senses
    "ugly furniture"; "an ugly face";
    - unbeautiful

Derived forms: ugliest, uglier

See also: alarming, awkward, beauty, disfigured, displeasing, evil, evil-looking, fugly [slang], grotesque, hideous, ill-favored [US], ill-favoured [Brit, Cdn], ill-natured, monstrous, off fleek, repulsive, scrofulous, unattractive, unlovely, unpicturesque, unsightly

Antonym: beautiful

Encyclopedia: Ugly