■ adjective ( uglier , ugliest )
1》 unpleasant or repulsive in appearance.
2》 involving or likely to involve violence or other unpleasantness: an ~ scene.
Derivatives
uglification noun
uglify verb ( uglifies , uglifying , uglified ).
uglily adverb
ugliness noun
Origin
ME: from ON uggligr 'to be dreaded', from ugga 'to dread'.