Definition of 'ugly'

Adjective

1. displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
      Antonyms: beautiful
2. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
      Synonyms: surly
3. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
      Synonyms: despicable vile slimy unworthy worthless wretched
4. 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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