ugly

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ugly Definition

• (a) displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly"
• (s) deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums"
• (s) inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
• (s) morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
• (s) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clo
• (s) 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"

ugly Synonyms

• atrocious
• baleful
• despicable
• forbidding
• frightful
• horrible
• horrifying
• menacing
• minacious
• minatory
• ominous
• sinister
• surly
• threatening
• ugly
• unworthy
• vile