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

Derived forms: uglier, ugliest

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

Antonym: beautiful

Encyclopedia: Ugly Ugly, Dirty and Bad