ugly

  • 11ugly — ► ADJECTIVE (uglier, ugliest) 1) unpleasant or repulsive in appearance. 2) hostile or threatening; likely to involve unpleasantness. DERIVATIVES uglify verb ugliness noun. ORIGIN from Old Norse, to be dreaded …

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  • 12ugly — 01. My car may be [ugly], but it runs pretty well. 02. So much of modern art these days seems to be negative and [ugly] to me. 03. He s such an [ugly] guy that no girl in our school wants to go out with him. 04. Don made a girl cry at the party… …

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  • 13ugly — ug|ly [ ʌgli ] adjective ** 1. ) someone who is ugly has a face that is unpleasant to look at. Ugly is an unkind word, so people often use the word plain instead, to avoid causing offense: The other man was hideously ugly. She won t wear T shirts …

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  • 14ugly */*/ — UK [ˈʌɡlɪ] / US adjective Word forms ugly : adjective ugly comparative uglier superlative ugliest 1) a) someone who is ugly has a face that is unpleasant to look at. Ugly is an unkind word, so people often use the word plain instead, to avoid… …

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  • 15ugly — /ˈʌgli / (say uglee) adjective (uglier, ugliest) 1. repulsive or displeasing in appearance; offensive to the sense of beauty: ugly furniture. 2. morally revolting: ugly sin. 3. disagreeable; unpleasant; objectionable: *Then there was the ugly… …

  • 16Ugly — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Divers Ugly, (single), de Sugababes Ugly, (album), de Life of Agony Ugly, autobiographie du juge Constance Briscoe The Ugly film de Scott Reynolds Ugly… …

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  • 17ugly — uglily, adv. ugliness, n. /ug lee/, adj., uglier, ugliest. 1. very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance. 2. disagreeable; unpleasant; objectionable: ugly tricks; ugly discords. 3.… …

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  • 18ugly — ug|ly [ˈʌgli] adj comparative uglier superlative ugliest [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: uggligr frightening , from uggr fear ] 1.) extremely unattractive and unpleasant to look at = ↑hideous ≠ ↑beautiful ▪ a very ugly man …

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  • 19ugly — [[t]ʌ̱gli[/t]] uglier, ugliest 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that someone or something is ugly, you mean that they are very unattractive and unpleasant to look at. ...an ugly little hat... She makes me feel dowdy and ugly. Ant: beautiful Derived words …

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  • 20ugly — adjective 1 extremely unattractive and unpleasant to look at: He s just so ugly! | heavy, ugly furniture | ugly as sin (=very ugly) 2 making you feel frightened, nervous, or threatened: There were ugly scenes as rival gangs started attacking each …

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