ugly (adj.)

  1. displeasing to the senses; an ugly face; ugly furniture'

  2. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; a surly waiter; an ugly frame of mind

    [ Syn: surly ]

  3. morally reprehensible; would do something as despicable as murder; ugly crimes; the vile development of slavery appalled them; a slimy little liar

    [ Syn: 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

    [ Syn: atrocious , frightful , horrifying , horrible ]

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