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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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