ugly

IPA: ˈʌgɫi

noun

  • (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
  • (slang) An ugly person or thing.
  • (logistics, informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
  • (UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.

verb

  • (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).

adjective

  • Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
  • Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
  • Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
  • (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
  • Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
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Examples of "ugly" in Sentences

  • The picture is ugly.
  • They use ugly modish Americanisms.
  • She is frightened by the ugly building.
  • It's scary to the mind and ugly to the eye.
  • At the moment, the daydream is more of the ugly kind.
  • I was the ugly duckling, fat and clumsy and unpopular.

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