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UGLY





Definition:

  1. [adjective] displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly"

  2. [adjective] deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums"

  3. [adjective] inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
    Synonyms: surly

  4. [adjective] morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
    Synonyms: despicable, vile, unworthy

  5. [adjective] threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
    Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening

  6. [adjective] 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"
    Synonyms: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible

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