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  • 31ugly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. repulsive (see ugliness); disagreeable, unpleasant; mean, hostile, quarrelsome. See unsavoriness, contention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ill favored] Syn. unsightly, loathsome, hideous, homely,… …

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  • 32ugly — [13] Ugly originally meant ‘horrible, frightening’; ‘offensive to the sight’ is a secondary development, first recorded in the 14th century. The word was borrowed from Old Norse uggligr, a derivative of the verb ugga ‘fear’. In the early 1930s it …

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  • 33ugly — adjective (uglier, ugliest) 1》 unpleasant or repulsive in appearance. 2》 involving or likely to involve violence or other unpleasantness: an ugly scene. Derivatives uglification noun uglify verb (uglifies, uglifying, uglified) …

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  • 34ugly — adjective 1) Syn: unattractive, unsightly, ill favoured, hideous, plain, unprepossessing, horrible, ghastly, repellent; N.Amer. homely; Brit.; informal no oil painting 2) things got pretty ugly Syn …

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  • 35ugly —   Pupuka.   Also: ino, mumuka, mākinikā, haumanumanu (see saying); pōuhu (rare).     To make ugly, ho opupuka …

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  • 36ugly — [13] Ugly originally meant ‘horrible, frightening’; ‘offensive to the sight’ is a secondary development, first recorded in the 14th century. The word was borrowed from Old Norse uggligr, a derivative of the verb ugga ‘fear’. In the early 1930s it …

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  • 37Ugly Betty — Genre Comedy drama Created by Fernando Gaitán Developed by …

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  • 38Ugly Kid Joe — Ugly Kid Joe, 1992 Background information Origin Isla Vista, California, USA …

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  • 39Ugly American — is an used to refer to perceptions of loud, arrogant, demeaning, thoughtless and behavior of American citizens mainly abroad, but also at home. [Richards, Erin (2006). [http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/10/31/cultural.etiquette/ Are you the ugly… …

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  • 40Ugly Kid Joe — Labels Polygram Records Ugly Kid Joe (UKJ) était un groupe de hard rock californien fondé aux débuts des années 1990. Sommaire 1 Historique …

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