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ugly
Overview of adj ugly
The adj ugly has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) ugly -- (displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture")
2. surly, ugly -- (inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind")
3. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched -- (morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar")
4. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly -- (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")
Grep of noun ugly
plug-ugly
ugly duckling
Antonyms of adj ugly
4 senses of ugly
Sense 1
ugly (vs. beautiful)
beautiful (vs. ugly)
=> beauteous
=> bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly
=> dishy
=> exquisite
=> fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured
=> glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous
=> gorgeous
=> lovely
=> picturesque
=> pretty
=> pretty-pretty
=> pulchritudinous
=> ravishing
=> scenic
=> stunning
Sense 2
surly, ugly
INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured
Sense 3
despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
INDIRECT (VIA evil) -> good
Sense 4
atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming
Similarity of adj ugly
4 senses of ugly
Sense 1
ugly (vs. beautiful)
=> disfigured
=> evil-looking
=> fugly
=> grotesque, monstrous, unnatural
=> hideous, repulsive
=> ill-favored, ill-favoured
=> scrofulous
=> unlovely, unpicturesque
=> unsightly
Also See> displeasing#1; unattractive#1; awkward#2
Sense 2
surly, ugly
=> ill-natured (vs. good-natured)
Sense 3
despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
=> evil (vs. good)
Sense 4
atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
=> alarming (vs. unalarming)
Pertainyms of adj ugly
Attributes of adj ugly
1 of 4 senses of ugly
Sense 1
ugly (vs. beautiful)
=> beauty
Domain of adj ugly
Domain Terms of adj ugly
Familiarity of adj ugly
ugly used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj ugly
fugly
ugly
Grep of adv ugly
smugly
snugly
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