(uglier, ugliest)
1.
If you say that someone or something is ~, you mean that they are very unattractive and unpleasant to look at.
...an ~ little hat...
She makes me feel dowdy and ~.
? beautiful
ADJ
ugliness
...the raw ugliness of his native city.
? beauty
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you refer to an event or situation as ~, you mean that it is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violent or aggressive behaviour.
There have been some ~ scenes...
The confrontation turned ~.
ADJ
ugliness
...the subtlety and ugliness of sexual harassment.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
3.
to rear its ~ head: see head