| 单词 | ugly |
| 释义 | ugly (once / 196 pages) adj Ugly means "extremely unattractive." On Halloween, some people wear ugly masks as part of their scary costumes. Anything that looks or feels quite unpleasant is ugly. 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. Remember that when ugly becomes uglier and ugliest, the y becomes an i. WORD FAMILYugly: uglier, ugliest, uglily, ugliness+/ugliness: uglinesses USAGE EXAMPLESIt was amid that heated and ugly rhetoric that the center announced its expansion plans — and promptly ran into a wall of opposition. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Some of these high points are bad and some are downright ugly. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) There was no sentimentality Saturday in a game that turned ugly late. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj displeasing to the senses an ugly face ugly furniture Syn|Ant unattractive lacking beauty or charm disfiguredhaving the appearance spoiled evil-lookinghaving an evil appearance fugly(slang) extremely ugly grotesque, monstrousdistorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous hideous, repulsiveso extremely ugly as to be terrifying ill-favored, ill-favouredusually used of a face scrofuloushaving a diseased appearance resembling scrofula unlovely, unpicturesquewithout beauty or charm unsightlyunpleasant to look at awkwardlacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance displeasingcausing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities beautiful delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration attractivepleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm beauteous(poetic )beautiful, especially to the sight bonnie, bonny, comely, fair, sightlyvery pleasing to the eye dishy(informal British) sexually attractive exquisiteof extreme beauty better-looking, fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favouredpleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferoushaving great beauty and splendor gorgeousdazzlingly beautiful lovelyappealing to the emotions as well as the eye picturesquesuggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture prettypleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing pretty-prettyostentatiously or inappropriately pretty pulchritudinousused of persons only; having great physical beauty ravishingstunningly beautiful scenicused of locations; having beautiful natural scenery stunningstrikingly beautiful or attractive gracefulcharacterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution pleasinggiving pleasure and satisfaction 2adj inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace an ugly frame of mind Syn surly ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition 3adj morally reprehensible ugly crimes Syn despicable, slimy, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched evil morally bad or wrong 4adj provoking horror an ugly wound Syn atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger |
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