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ugly
/ˈʌɡli/
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What does ugly mean?
adjective
- Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
- Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
- Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
- (derogatory, figuratively) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
noun
- (slang) Ugliness.
- (slang) An ugly person or thing.
- (informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
- (dated, informal) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
verb
- To make ugly (sometimes with up).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈʌɡli/
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Thea glared round her at the crowds, the ugly, sprawling streets, the long lines of lights, and she was not crying now.
“Just imagine how you would feel if somebody told you to your face that you were skinny and ugly,” pleaded Anne tearfully.
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“What man would oppose a girl, or dare to harm her? And there is not an ugly face in my entire Army.”
She bit her lip and turned away, but not before I saw the black and ugly scowl she turned upon Dejah Thoris.
Freckles stepped back, glaring at Wessner, but suddenly the scowl of anger and the ugly disfiguring red faded from the boy's face.