'Ugly' definitions:
Definition of 'ugly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" [ant: beautiful]
adjective
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" [syn: surly, ugly]
adjective
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]
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Ugly'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Like the toad, ugly and venomous. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ugly'
From: GCIDE
- Ugly \Ug"ly\, n. A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ugly'
From: GCIDE
- Ugly \Ug"ly\, v. t. To make ugly. [R.] --Richardson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ugly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominable,
- alarming,
- awkward,
- bad,
- bad-tempered,
- base,
- bearish,
- beautiless,
- bitchy,
- bitter,
- blemished,
- blotted,
- cacophonic,
- cacophonous,
- cankered,
- cantankerous,
- churlish,
- corrupt,
- crabbed,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- critical,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crotchety,
- crusty,
- cussed,
- dangerous,
- dangersome,
- debased,
- defaced,
- degenerate,
- depraved,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- disadvantageous,
- disagreeable,
- discomforting,
- disfigured,
- disgusting,
- dislikable,
- displeasing,
- disquieting,
- distasteful,
- dysphemistic,
- dysphemized,
- evil,
- excitable,
- execrable,
- explosive,
- feisty,
- filthy,
- foul,
- fractious,
- fraught with danger,
- ghastly,
- grotesque,
- gruesome,
- hateful,
- hazardous,
- heinous,
- hideous,
- homely,
- hostile,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- ill-favored,
- ill-tempered,
- immoral,
- inelegant,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jeopardous,
- loathsome,
- marred,
- mean,
- menacing,
- mephitic,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- nauseous,
- noisome,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- offensive,
- ominous,
- ornery,
- parlous,
- periculous,
- perilous,
- perverse,
- perverted,
- plain,
- repellent,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- rotten,
- serious,
- short on looks,
- sickening,
- snappish,
- sordid,
- sour,
- spiteful,
- spleeny,
- splenetic,
- spoiled,
- surly,
- testy,
- thankless,
- threatening,
- troublesome,
- uglified,
- ugly as hell,
- ugly as sin,
- unaesthetic,
- unalluring,
- unappealing,
- unappetizing,
- unattractive,
- unbeautiful,
- uncomely,
- uncomfortable,
- undelectable,
- undelicious,
- undesirable,
- unengaging,
- unenjoyable,
- unhandsome,
- uninviting,
- unlikable,
- unlovely,
- unpalatable,
- unpleasant,
- unpleasing,
- unprepossessing,
- unpretty,
- unsavory,
- unsightly,
- untasteful,
- unwelcome,
- vile,
- waspish