UGLY


Meaning of UGLY in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: grave 3, dangerous, fell, grievous, major, serious

2.

unpleasing to the sight

an ugly decaying neighborhood

Synonyms: hideous, ill-favored, ill-looking, unbeautiful, uncomely, unsightly

Related Word: homely, plain; bizarre, grotesque; repelling, repugnant, repulsive; unattractive, uninviting, unpleasing, unprepossessing

Idioms: homely as a mud ( or hedge) fence, not much to look at, short on looks

Contrasted words: comely, fair, good-looking, handsome, lovely, pretty; attractive, prepossessing

Antonyms: beautiful

3.

Synonyms: base 3, despicable, ignoble, low, low-down, servile, sordid, ugly, vile, wretched

4.

Synonyms: troublesome , mean, pesky, troublous, vexatious, wicked

5.

Synonyms: sullen , ||chuffy, crabbed, dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, surly

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