Meaning of "ugly" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of ugly

1. (adj.sat.) deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums"

2. (adj.sat.) 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"

3. (adj.sat.) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clo

4. (adj) displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly"

5. (adj.sat.) morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"

6. (adj.sat.) inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

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