ugly

ug·ly  (gl)

adj. ug·li·er, ug·li·est

1. Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.

2.

a. Repulsive or offensive; objectionable: an ugly remark.

b. Chiefly Southern U.S. 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. Likely to cause embarrassment or trouble: "Public opinion in both nations could take an ugly turn" (George R. Packard).

b. Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable: an ugly temper; an ugly scene.

n. pl. ug·lies Informal

One that is ugly.

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[Middle English, frightful, repulsive, from Old Norse uggligr, from uggr, fear.]

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ugli·ly adv.

ugli·ness n.

Synonyms: ugly, hideous, ill-favored, unsightly
These adjectives mean offensive to the sense of sight: ugly furniture; a hideous scar; an ill-favored countenance; an unsightly billboard.

Regional Note: The standard sense of the adjective ugly becomes figurative in the common expression an ugly temper. Regional American speech shares this figurative sense and makes it even more specific. In New England ugly as applied to animals, especially large farm animals such as cows and horses, means "balky, hard to manage." In the South, on the other hand, ugly with the specific sense of "rude" is used of persons: Don't be ugly, son. Interestingly, the word clever (senses 4 through 6) follows the same regional pattern as ugly: in New England the specialized senses refer to animals; in the South, to persons.

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ugly [ˈʌglɪ]

adj -lier, -liest

1. of unpleasant or unsightly appearance

2. repulsive, objectionable, or displeasing in any way war is ugly

3. ominous or menacing an ugly situation

4. bad-tempered, angry, or sullen an ugly mood

[from Old Norse uggligr dreadful, from ugga fear]

uglily  adv

ugliness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" unattractive - lacking beauty or charm; "as unattractive as most mining regions" awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot" displeasing - causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
	2.	ugly - inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" surly ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
	3.	ugly - morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" despicable, vile, worthless, slimy, unworthy, wretched evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
	4.	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" frightful, horrible, horrifying, atrocious alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

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ugly

adjective

1. unattractive, homely (chiefly U.S.), plain, unsightly, unlovely, unprepossessing, not much to look at, no oil painting (informal), ill-favoured, hard-featured, hard-favoured She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
unattractive pretty, beautiful, attractive, lovely, handsome, good-looking, gorgeous, cute

2. unpleasant, shocking, terrible, offensive, nasty, disgusting, revolting, obscene, hideous, monstrous, vile, distasteful, horrid, repulsive, frightful, objectionable, disagreeable, repugnant an ugly scene
unpleasant pleasant, agreeable

3. bad-tempered, nasty, sullen, surly, threatening, dangerous, angry, forbidding, menacing, sinister, ominous, malevolent, spiteful, baleful, bodeful He's in an ugly mood today.
bad-tempered friendly, peaceful, good-humoured, good-natured

Quotations
"Ugliness is superior to beauty, because ugliness lasts" [Serge Gainsbourg]

Translations

ugly [ˈʌglɪ]

A. ADJ (uglier (compar) (ugliest (superl)))

1. (= not pretty) [appearance, person] → feo
to be as ugly as sin → ser feísimo, ser más feo que Picio

2. (fig) (= unpleasant) → desagradable; [mood] → peligroso, violento; [situation, wound] → peligroso; [rumour etc] → nada grato, inquietante; [custom, vice etc] → feo, repugnante
an ugly customer → un tipo de cuidado
to grow or turn ugly → ponerse violento, amenazar violencia

B. CPD ugly duckling N (fig) → patito m feo

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ugly [ˈʌgli] adj

(= unattractive) [person, face, hat, furniture, building] → laid(e); [wound, scar] → vilain(e) before n
an ugly scar → une vilaine cicatrice
as ugly as sin → laid(e) comme les sept péchés capitaux

(= unpleasant, dangerous) [incident, scene] → lamentable
to give sb an ugly look → lancer un regard mauvais à qn
to turn ugly → tourner au vinaigre
Things turned ugly → Les choses ont tourné au vinaigre.
the ugly face of sth → le vilain visage de qch
ugly duckling n → vilain petit canard m

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ugly

adj (+er)

(= not pretty) → hässlich; as ugly as sin → hässlich wie die Sünde or Nacht

(= unpleasant, nasty) → übel; news, wound → schlimm, übel; rumour, scenes, crime, clouds → hässlich; crime → übel, gemein; vice → hässlich, übel; situation, sky → bedrohlich; an ugly customer → ein übler Kunde; to cut up or grow or turn ugly (inf) → gemein or fies (inf) → werden; censorship is an ugly word these days → Zensur ist heutzutage ein hässliches Wort

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ugly [ˈʌglɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (not pretty) → brutto/a
as ugly as sin → brutto/a come la fame

b. (nasty, situation, incident) → brutto/a; (rumour) → inquietante; (mood, look) → minaccioso/a; (crime, sight) → ripugnante; (vice) → osceno/a
an ugly customer (fam) → un brutto tipo

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ugly [ˈʌglɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (not pretty) → brutto/a
as ugly as sin → brutto/a come la fame

b. (nasty, situation, incident) → brutto/a; (rumour) → inquietante; (mood, look) → minaccioso/a; (crime, sight) → ripugnante; (vice) → osceno/a
an ugly customer (fam) → un brutto tipo

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ugly

adj ugly [ˈagli]

1 unpleasant to look at She is rather an ugly young woman. lelik قَبيح، بَشٍع грозен ošklivý grim häßlich άσχημος feo inetu زشت ruma laid מכוער कुरूप ružan csúnya ljótur brutto 醜い 보기 흉한 bjaurus neglīts hodoh lelijk stygg, heslig brzydki feio urât уродливый škaredý grd ružan ful น่าเกลียด çirkin 醜陋的 неприємний, гидкий بد صورت xấu xí 丑陋的

2 unpleasant, nasty or dangerous ugly black clouds; The crowd was in an ugly mood. lelik رَديء лош hrozivý grim; ubehagelig übel δυσάρεστος, απειλητικός desagradable; inquietante; amenazador ähvardav ناخوشایند؛ هراس آور uhkaava menaçant מְאַייֵם खतरनाक neugodan kellemetlen uggvænlegur minaccioso 嫌な 불쾌한 grėsmingas nejauks; bīstams; draudīgs buruk dreigend fæl, stygg; truende; ilter groźny feio ameninţător грозный; скверный hrozivý neprijeten loš ruskig, elak, hotande น่ากลัว berbat 令人討厭的，有威脅性的 небезпечний; сварливий ناخوش گوار đáng sợ 可怕的

n ugliness

lelikheid قُبْح، رَداءَه грозота ošklivost grimhed; ubehagelighed die Häßlichkeit ασχήμια fealdad inetus زشتی rumuus laideur כִּיעוּר बदसूरती ružnoća csúnyaság ljótleiki bruttezza 醜さ bjaurumas neglītums kehodohan lelijkheid stygghet; det å være truende brzydota fealdade urâţenie уродство ošklivosť grdost ružnoća fulhet ความน่าเกลียด; ความน่ากลัว çirkinlik 醜陋的人(或物) бридка зовнішність بد صورتي sự xấu xí, đáng sợ 丑陋的人（或物）

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ugly → قبيح ošklivý grim hässlich άσχημος feo ruma moche ružan brutto 醜い 못생긴 lelijk stygg brzydki feio уродливый ful น่าเกลียด çirkin xấu xí 丑陋的