UGLY SISTERS

Meaning of UGLY SISTERS in English

the two older sisters of Cinderella in the traditional children’s story. In pantomimes the Ugly Sisters are usually played by men dressed as women.

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UGLY SISTERS — ˌUgly ˈSisters, the BrE AmE two characters in the ↑ fairy tale about Cinderella. They are Cinderella's sisters, and are …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SISTERS — (Noun) kaigsoonang;magulang
English-Visayan vocabulary
UGLY — I. ˈəglē, -li adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English uglike, ugly frightful, unpleasing in appearance, from Old Norse uggligr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SISTERS — plural of sister present third singular of sister
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UGLY — (superl.) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
Английский словарь Webster
UGLY — (superl.) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
Английский словарь Webster
UGLY — ( superl. ) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UGLY — ( superl. ) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UGLY — — uglily , adv. — ugliness , n. /ug"lee/ , adj., uglier, ugliest . 1. very unattractive or unpleasant to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UGLY — I. ˈə-glē adjective ( ug·li·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse uggligr, from uggr fear; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UGLY — vt to make ugly. 2. ugly ·noun a shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. 3. ugly ·superl ill-natured; …
Webster English vocab
UGLY — [ug.ly] adj ug.li.er ; -est [ME, fr. ON uggligr, fr. uggr fear; akin to ON ugga to fear] (13c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UGLY — ugly BrE AmE ˈʌɡ li ▷ uglier ˈʌɡ li‿ə AmE \ ə r ▷ ugliest ˈʌɡ li‿ɪst əst ▷ ugliness …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UGLY — / ˈʌgli; NAmE / adjective ( ug·lier , ugli·est ) 1. unpleasant to look at SYN unattractive : an ugly …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UGLY — ug ‧ ly S3 /ˈʌɡli/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative uglier , superlative ugliest ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UGLY — adj. (uglier, ugliest) 1 unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UGLY — adj. (uglier, ugliest) 1 unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UGLY — adj. (uglier, ugliest) 1. unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
UGLY — ( uglier, ugliest) 1. If you say that someone or something is ugly , you mean that they are very …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UGLY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an ugly/nasty rumour (= a rumour about something bad ) ▪ Ugly rumours persisted that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UGLY — (VERY UNATTRACTIVE) [adjective] -ier, -iest - (of people, animals or things) extremely unattractiveI find a lot of modern architecture very …
Cambridge English vocab
SISTERS — Classification: City Located in: Oregon (OR) Total Population (2000): 959 Total Housing Units (2000): 482 Land Area (square meters): 3746293 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
UGLY — INDEX: 1. person 2. not good-looking 3. object/building etc RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ BEAUTIFUL see also ↑ LOOK ◆◆◆ 1. …
Longman Activator English vocab
UGLY — adj. 25B6; adjective an ugly face : UNATTRACTIVE, ill-favoured, hideous, plain, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly, horrible, frightful, awful, ghastly, unpleasant, vile, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UGLY — adj. 1 unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly, hideous, grotesque, gruesome, ghastly, offensive, repulsive-looking, plain, plain-looking, plain-featured, bad-featured, ill-favoured, dreadful-looking, awful-looking, terrible-looking, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SISTERS — resists
Anagrams English vocabulary
SISTERS — gesweostor
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
SISTERS — Seven Sutherland, a noted family who held out salvation for the bald and envy to women.
Who is who English vocabulary
UGLY — прил. 1) безобразный, уродливый ugly as a scarecrow ugly as sin Syn : plain, unattractive, unsightly Ant : attractive, beautiful …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SISTERS — Сестры
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SISTERS — Сёстры
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SISTERS — Сестры
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
UGLY — ugly.ogg 1. ʹʌglı n 1. разг. некрасивый человек, урод 2. 1> козырёк дамской шляпы ( XIX в. ) 2> разг. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UGLY — ugly прил.1) безобразный, уродливый ugly monster — безобразный урод the ugly duckling — гадкий утенок - ugly as a scarecrow …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SISTERS — (n) сестры
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
UGLY — 1. ʹʌglı n 1. разг. некрасивый человек, урод 2. 1> козырёк дамской шляпы ( XIX в. ) 2> разг. шляпа …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
UGLY — прил. 1) безобразный, уродливый ugly monster — безобразный урод the ugly duckling — гадкий утенок - ugly as a scarecrow …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
UGLY — прил. 1) безобразный, уродливый ugly monster — безобразный урод the ugly duckling — гадкий утенок - ugly as a scarecrow - ugly as sin Syn: plain, unattractive, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UGLY — _a. 1> уродливый, безобразный; the ugly duckling - гадкий утенок - ugly as a scarecrow - ugly as sin 2> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
UGLY — a. 1. уродливый, безобразный; the ugly duckling - гадкий утенок - ugly as a scarecrow - ugly as sin 2. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
UGLY — _a. 1> уродливый, безобразный; ugly as a scarecrow (или as sin) страшен как смертный грех; the ugly duckling гадкий утёнок …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SISTERS — - seven sisters
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
UGLY — прил. 1) безобразный, уродливый ugly as a scarecrow ugly as sin Syn : plain, unattractive, unsightly Ant : attractive, beautiful …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SISTERS — Сестры
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SEVEN SISTERS — noun also seven sisters rose ( plural seven sisters also seven sisters roses ) : a hybrid climbing rose ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRUNG SISTERS — flourished AD 39, 43 byname of Trung Trac and Trung Nhi heroines of the first Vietnamese independence movement, who headed …
Britannica English vocabulary
SISTER — I. ˈsistə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sister, suster, soster, partly from Old English sweostor …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOB SISTER — noun 1. : a journalist who specializes in writing or editing sob stories or other material of a sentimental type …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SORORATE — marriage of a man to his wife's sister, whether in the lifetime of the first wife or after her death. …
Britannica English vocabulary
WOODHULL, VICTORIA — born Sept. 23, 1838, Homer, Ohio, U.S. died June 10, 1927, Norton Park, Bremons, Worcestershire, Eng. ne Victoria Claflin unconventional …
Britannica English vocabulary
WARNER, SUSAN BOGERT; AND WARNER, ANNA BARTLETT — born July 11, 1819, New York, N.Y., U.S. died March 17, 1885, Highland Falls, N.Y. born Aug. 31, 1827, New …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPALDING, MOTHER CATHERINE — born Dec. 23, 1793, Charles county, Md., U.S. died March 20, 1858, Nazareth, Ky. American Roman Catholic leader under whose …
Britannica English vocabulary
SETON, SAINT ELIZABETH ANN — born Aug. 28, 1774, New York, N.Y. died Jan. 4, 1821, Emmitsburg, Md., U.S.; canonized 1975; feast day January 4 …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCHRIECK, SISTER LOUISE VAN DER — born Nov. 14, 1813, Bergen-op-Zoom, Neth. died Dec. 3, 1886, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. original name Josephine Van der Schrieck Roman …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROGERS, MARY JOSEPH — born Oct. 27, 1882, Boston died Oct. 9, 1955, New York City original name Mary Josephine Rogers founder of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRIMK, SARAH; AND GRIMK, ANGELINA — born Nov. 26, 1792, Charleston, S.C., U.S. died Dec. 23, 1873, Hyde Park, Mass. born Feb. 20, 1805, Charleston died …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOX, MARGARET; AND FOX, CATHERINE — born Oct. 7, 1833?, near Bath, N.B. died March 8, 1893, New York, N.Y., U.S. born 1839?, near Bath died …
Britannica English vocabulary
DREXEL, KATHARINE, SAINT — born November 26, 1858, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. died March 3, 1955, Cornwells Heights; feast day March 3 American founder of …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLARKE, MARY FRANCES — born March 2, 1803, Dublin, Ire. died Dec. 4, 1887, Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. Irish-born religious leader and educator, a founder …
Britannica English vocabulary
SISTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby son/daughter/brother/sister ▪ We’d like a baby brother or sister for Ben. elder brother/son/sister/daughter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FATAL — прил. 1) неминуемый, неизбежный, роковой, фатальный, неотвратимый It would be fatal to hesitate. ≈ Промедление смерти подобно. Syn : inevitable, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SISTER — sister.ogg 1. ʹsıstə n 1. 1> сестра full sister - родная /полнородная/ сестра one's big little sister - старшая сестра …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SISTER — 1. ʹsıstə n 1. 1> сестра full sister - родная /полнородная/ сестра one's big little sister - старшая сестра младшая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FATAL — прил. 1) неминуемый, неизбежный, роковой, фатальный, неотвратимый It would be fatal to hesitate. ≈ Промедление смерти подобно. Syn : inevitable, …
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