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  • 21ugly — adj. (uglier, ugliest) 1 unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl). 2 unpleasantly suggestive; discreditable (ugly rumours are about). 3 threatening, dangerous (the sky has an ugly look). 4 morally repulsive; …

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  • 22ugly — I. adjective (uglier; est) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse uggligr, from uggr fear; akin to Old Norse ugga to fear Date: 13th century 1. frightful, dire 2. a. offensive to the sight ; hideous …

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  • 23ugly — adj. 1 unattractive VERBS ▪ be, feel, look ▪ I felt so ugly. ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …

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  • 24ugly — adjective 1) an ugly face Syn: unattractive, unappealing, unpleasant, hideous, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly, horrible, frightful, awful, ghastly, vile, revolting, repellent, repulsive, repugnant; grotesque …

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  • 25ugly — ug•ly [[t]ˈʌg li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) very unattractive or displeasing in appearance 2) disagreeable: ugly weather[/ex] 3) morally revolting: an ugly crime[/ex] 4) threatening trouble or danger: an ugly wound[/ex] 5) hostile; quarrelsome:… …

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  • 26ugly — 1. adjective /ʌɡli/ a) Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing. He played an ugly trick on us. b) Displeasing to the ear or some other sense. Syn: hideous, homely, repulsive …

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  • 27ugly — Synonyms and related words: abominable, alarming, awkward, bad, bad tempered, base, bearish, beautiless, bitchy, bitter, blemished, blotted, cacophonic, cacophonous, cankered, cantankerous, churlish, corrupt, crabbed, crabby, cranky, critical,… …

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  • 28ugly —    Unsightly; displeasing to the eye; repulsive or offensive; hideous; objectionable. Bad. The opposite of beautiful. Mediocrity in any form can be ugly, but so can pornography, vandalism, and the results of other unappealing or criminal… …

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  • 29ugly*/ — [ˈʌgli] adj 1) unpleasant to look at Ant: beautiful 2) an ugly situation involves violent or angry behaviour an ugly confrontation[/ex] …

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