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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ug•ly /ˈʌgli/USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est. - very unattractive or displeasing in appearance:an ugly fence of barbed wire.
- disagreeable;
unpleasant:ugly weather. - frightful;
dreadful:an ugly wound. - hostile;
quarrelsome:an ugly mood.
ug•li•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ug•ly (ug′lē),USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est. - very unattractive or unpleasant to look at;
offensive to the sense of beauty;
displeasing in appearance. - disagreeable;
unpleasant;
objectionable:ugly tricks; ugly discords. - morally revolting:ugly crime.
- threatening trouble or danger:ugly symptoms.
- mean;
hostile;
quarrelsome:an ugly mood; an ugly frame of mind. - (esp. of natural phenomena) unpleasant or dangerous:ugly weather; an ugly sea.
- Old Norse uggligr fearful, dreadful, equivalent. to ugg(r) fear + -ligr -ly
- Middle English ugly, uglike 1200–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ill-favored, hard-featured, uncomely, unsightly, unlovely, homely.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged base, heinous, vile, monstrous, corrupt.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disadvantageous, ominous.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged surly, spiteful.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stormy, tempestuous.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged beautiful.
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