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    ugly
    /ˈʌɡli/

    adjective

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  2. unpleasant and threatening or violent: There were ugly scenes outside the stadium. The demonstration turned ugly when a group of protesters started to throw bottles at the police. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of ugly from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

  3. The meaning of UGLY is offensive to the sight : hideous. How to use ugly in a sentence.

  4. very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance. Synonyms: uncomely, homely, unlovely, unsightly, hard-featured, ill-favored. Antonyms: beautiful. disagreeable; unpleasant; objectionable: ugly tricks; ugly discords. morally revolting: ugly crime.

  5. The adjective ugly can describe the way something or someone looks, but it can also describe behavior or actions — the ugly scene your little brother made at the toy store when he didn't get what he wanted or the ugly breakup of a friendship.

  6. 1. Displeasing to the eye; unsightly. 2. a. Repulsive or offensive; objectionable: an ugly remark. b. Chiefly Southern US Rude: Don't be ugly with me. c. New England Unmanageable. Used of animals, especially cows or horses. 3. Morally reprehensible; bad. 4. Threatening or ominous: ugly black clouds. 5. a.

  7. (of an event, a situation, etc.) unpleasant or dangerous; involving threats or violence. an ugly incident/scene. There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued. A fight started and things got pretty ugly. the latest cinematic effort to lay bare the ugly truth about Hollywood. the ugly realities of war.

  8. very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance. Synonyms: uncomely, homely, unlovely, unsightly, hard-featured, ill-favored. Antonyms: beautiful. disagreeable; unpleasant; objectionable: ugly tricks; ugly discords. morally revolting: ugly crime.