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ugly


 
  Grep  of  noun  ugly 
  plug-ugly 
  ugly  duckling 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ugly 
 
  The  adj  ugly  has  6  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  ugly  --  (displeasing  to  the  senses  and  morally  revolting;  "an  ugly  face";  "ugly  furniture";  "war  is  ugly") 
  2.  (1)  ugly  --  (deficient  in  beauty;  "ugly  gray  slums") 
  3.  surly,  ugly  --  (inclined  to  anger  or  bad  feelings  with  overtones  of  menace;  "a  surly  waiter";  "an  ugly  frame  of  mind") 
  4.  despicable,  ugly,  vile,  unworthy  --  (morally  reprehensible;  "would  do  something  as  despicable  as  murder";  "ugly  crimes";  "the  vile  development  of  slavery  appalled  them") 
  5.  baleful,  forbidding,  menacing,  minacious,  minatory,  ominous,  sinister,  threatening,  ugly  --  (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  clouds";  "the  situation  became  ugly") 
  6.  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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  ugly 
 
  6  senses  of  ugly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ugly  (vs.  beautiful) 
 
  beautiful  (vs.  ugly) 
  =>  beauteous 
  =>  bonny,  bonnie,  comely,  fair 
  =>  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 
  =>  fair,  sightly 
 
  Sense  2 
  ugly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inaesthetic)  ->  aesthetic,  esthetic,  aesthetical,  esthetical 
 
  Sense  3 
  surly,  ugly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ill-natured)  ->  good-natured 
 
  Sense  4 
  despicable,  ugly,  vile,  unworthy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  evil)  ->  good 
 
  Sense  5 
  baleful,  forbidding,  menacing,  minacious,  minatory,  ominous,  sinister,  threatening,  ugly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  alarming)  ->  unalarming 
 
  Sense  6 
  atrocious,  frightful,  horrifying,  horrible,  ugly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  alarming)  ->  unalarming 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  ugly 
 
  6  senses  of  ugly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ugly  (vs.  beautiful) 
  =>  disfigured 
  =>  grotesque,  monstrous,  unnatural 
  =>  hideous,  repulsive 
  =>  ill-favored,  ill-favoured 
  =>  scrofulous 
  =>  unsightly 
  =>  unlovely,  unpicturesque 
  Also  See->  displeasing#1;  unattractive#1;  awkward#2 
 
  Sense  2 
  ugly 
  =>  inaesthetic  (vs.  aesthetic),  unaesthetic 
 
  Sense  3 
  surly,  ugly 
  =>  ill-natured  (vs.  good-natured) 
 
  Sense  4 
  despicable,  ugly,  vile,  unworthy 
  =>  evil  (vs.  good),  wicked 
 
  Sense  5 
  baleful,  forbidding,  menacing,  minacious,  minatory,  ominous,  sinister,  threatening,  ugly 
  =>  alarming  (vs.  unalarming) 
 
  Sense  6 
  atrocious,  frightful,  horrifying,  horrible,  ugly 
  =>  alarming  (vs.  unalarming) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  ugly 
 
  1  of  6  senses  of  ugly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ugly  (vs.  beautiful) 
  =>  beauty 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  ugly 
 
  ugly  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  6) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  ugly 
  ugly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ugly 
 
  The  adj  ugly  has  6  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  ugly  --  (displeasing  to  the  senses  and  morally  revolting;  "an  ugly  face";  "ugly  furniture";  "war  is  ugly") 
  2.  (1)  ugly  --  (deficient  in  beauty;  "ugly  gray  slums") 
  3.  surly,  ugly  --  (inclined  to  anger  or  bad  feelings  with  overtones  of  menace;  "a  surly  waiter";  "an  ugly  frame  of  mind") 
  4.  despicable,  ugly,  vile,  unworthy  --  (morally  reprehensible;  "would  do  something  as  despicable  as  murder";  "ugly  crimes";  "the  vile  development  of  slavery  appalled  them") 
  5.  baleful,  forbidding,  menacing,  minacious,  minatory,  ominous,  sinister,  threatening,  ugly  --  (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  clouds";  "the  situation  became  ugly") 
  6.  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") 



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