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ugly

/ˈʌɡli/adjective2 syllables

Ugly means: displeasing to the senses.

Synonyms for ugly47

adjective, as in displeasing to the senses

disfigured, evil-looking, fugly, grotesque, monstrous, hideous, repulsive, ill-favored, ill-favoured, scrofulous, unlovely, unpicturesque, unsightly, ugly ass, off fleek, displeasing, unattractive, awkward

adjective, as in morally reprehensible

despicable, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched, evil

adjective, as in provoking horror

atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, alarming

adjective, as in inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

surly, ill-natured

also used for ugly

homely, uncomely, corrupt, immoral, bad, beat, butters, butt-ugly, clapped, coyote ugly, deform, fuckfaced, like the back end of a bus, plug-ugly, ugly as sin

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Opposites of ugly

beautiful

What does ugly mean?4

adjective

1

displeasing to the senses“an ugly face”

2

morally reprehensible“would do something as despicable as murder”

3

provoking horror“an atrocious automobile accident”

4

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace“a surly waiter”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Ugly in a sentence

  • Despite being a model, she looks rather ugly.maaster
  • Just between you and me, that fat ugly witch is on a diet.GaryM
  • I'm afraid of cockroaches, because they are disgusting and ugly.Enrike80
  • One was beautiful, intelligent and funny, and the other ugly, stupid and depressing.bonney12
  • The city is beautiful at night, but rather ugly during the day.Hybrid
  • The ugly clouds were getting closer, so we went inside.Virgilia
  • Between ourselves, the fat ugly witch is on a diet.unknown
  • Between you and me, the fat ugly man is on a diet.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of ugly

as a adjective

comparative
uglier
superlative
ugliest