单词 | ugly |
释义 | ugly adj. (uglier, ugliest)   1. unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl).   2. unpleasantly suggestive; discreditable (ugly rumours are about).   3. threatening, dangerous (the sky has an ugly look).   4. morally repulsive; vile (ugly vices). Phrases and idioms ugly customer an unpleasantly formidable person. ugly duckling a person who turns out to be beautiful or talented etc. against all expectations (with ref. to a cygnet in a brood of ducks in a tale by Andersen). Derivatives uglily adv. ugliness n. Etymology: ME f. ON uggligr to be dreaded f. ugga to dread |
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