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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. displeasing to the senses;
- Example: "an ugly face"
- Example: "ugly furniture"

2. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
- Example: "a surly waiter"
- Example: "an ugly frame of mind"
[syn: surly, ugly]

3. morally reprehensible;
- Example: "would do something as despicable as murder"
- Example: "ugly crimes"
- Example: "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
- Example: "a slimy little liar"
[syn: despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched]

4. provoking horror;
- Example: "an atrocious automobile accident"
- Example: "a frightful crime of decapitation"
- Example: "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"
- Example: "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- Example: "an ugly wound"
[syn: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ugly \Ug"ly\, n.
   A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq.
   Eng.] --C. Kingsley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ugly \Ug"ly\, v. t.
   To make ugly. [R.] --Richardson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ugly \Ug"ly\, a. [Compar. Uglier; superl. Ugliest.] [Icel.
   uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) +
   -ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). ??. Cf. Awe.]
   1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of
      disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive;
      deformed.
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            The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser.
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            Like the toad, ugly and venomous.     --Shak.
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            O, I have passed a miserable night,
            So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. --Shak.
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   2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly
      temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]
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   3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss;
      as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ugly
    adj 1: displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly
           furniture" [ant: beautiful]
    2: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
       "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" [syn: surly,
       ugly]
    3: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
       murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
       appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: despicable,
       ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched]
    4: provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a
       frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even
       horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"-
       Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" [syn: atrocious,
       frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]