UGLY (uglier, ugliest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does ugly mean?
• UGLY (adjective)
The adjective UGLY has 4 senses:
1. displeasing to the senses
2. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
3. morally reprehensible
4. provoking horror
Familiarity information: UGLY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• UGLY (adjective)
Meaning:
Displeasing to the senses
Context examples:
an ugly face / ugly furniture
Similar:
unsightly (unpleasant to look at)
unlovely; unpicturesque (without beauty or charm)
scrofulous (having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula)
ill-favored; ill-favoured (usually used of a face)
hideous; repulsive (so extremely ugly as to be terrifying)
grotesque; monstrous; unnatural (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)
fugly ((slang) extremely ugly)
evil-looking (having an evil appearance)
disfigured (having the appearance spoiled)
Also:
unattractive (lacking beauty or charm)
awkward (lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance)
displeasing (causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities)
Attribute:
beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)
Antonym:
beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)
Meaning:
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
Synonyms:
surly; ugly
Context examples:
a surly waiter / an ugly frame of mind
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Meaning:
Morally reprehensible
Synonyms:
despicable; vile; worthless; unworthy; slimy; ugly; wretched
Context examples:
would do something as despicable as murder / ugly crimes / the vile development of slavery appalled them / a slimy little liar
Similar:
evil (morally bad or wrong)
Meaning:
Provoking horror
Synonyms:
frightful; horrible; horrifying; atrocious; ugly
Context examples:
an atrocious automobile accident / a frightful crime of decapitation / an alarming, even horrifying, picture / war is beyond all words horrible / an ugly wound
Similar:
alarming (causing alarm or fear)
