noun
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Ugliness.
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An ugly person or thing.
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A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
verb
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To make ugly (sometimes with up).
adjective
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Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
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Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
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Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
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He played an ugly trick on us.
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Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
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an ugly temper; to feel ugly
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Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
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With all this competition, expect things to get ugly.
Examples of ugly in a Sentence
I wasn't ugly, but I didn't consider myself beautiful.
There was nothing ugly between them.
She shook her head to clear the ugly thought.
Guess I'm the ugly duckling in this group.
There was not an ugly person in all the throng.
His smile was ugly.
You have stolen my clothes and have given me these ugly things.
Sensing her fear, he moved closer, his teeth bared in an ugly snarl.
He was short, near-sighted, ugly and exceptionally awkward.
He was neither ancient nor ugly, with familiar dark eyes and hair and roughly hewn features.
It meant everything, but it didn't erase the ugly feeling.
His voice was cold and ugly.
You don't have to get ugly.
Hadn't she resigned herself to being the ugly duckling years ago?
The scars were jagged and ugly, similar to those on her arms.
It's big and ugly.
Freedom from that ugly feeling gave her the ability to speak of it lightly for the first time.
You see, gold is much more valuable than ugly grey stone.
When the cameras get here, you'll have to go with them to make sure there are no ugly surprises.
The skin of the upper surface is granular, with many irregular bony tubercles which give it an ugly warty look.
Andrew threw out his hand and received an ugly gash across the knuckles.
I was ugly as shit for a while.
Even before Ferrera became widely known and wildly popular as the title character of Ugly Betty in 2006, she amassed quite an impressive list of movie credentials.
They have great stuff, and now my baby is no longer embarrassed or feels ugly!
Teenagers, who already feel awkward and ugly, may feel worse during flare-ups of the disease.
Despite what you may have heard, comfortable shoes don't have to be ugly.
Hayek appeared in a cameo role in the Ugly Betty pilot and later in the role of Sofia Reyes.
The TV show Ugly Betty debuted in ABC's Thursday night lineup in 2006.
Love can get ugly under the bright lights of fame.
If you've seen photos of America Ferrera on the red carpet, you know that she is anything but "ugly."
The burglary turned ugly when a police officer who lived next door stopped by to check things out.
They sell webbing, but it was all pre-packaged and ugly, and I was disappointed at the selection.
Fortunately the colors of the flowers are for the most part simple, and raisers should steer clear of the ugly striped kinds.
I'm not sure what it did, if anything, and it was kind of an ugly statue.
And eating spoiled food has ugly consequences.
This can lead to ugly and embarrassing situations.
Mario immediately sets to work cleaning the ugly mess from the beaucolic island.
And don't forget - the game is buggy, ugly, half-finished.
Those looking for their first Ugly Doll plush toys may want to begin with the classics.
This doll is the polar opposite of Minimum Wage, but every bit as ugly.
The adorably ugly characters are available in this relatively small package.
It's the part of going bowling we all hate--having to change into those ugly old bowling shoes provided by the bowling alley!
What the liquid does is dry out the leather and leave you with cracked, ugly shoes.
Jack wanted Kayla to love him the way she loved Steve and their marriage took a dark and ugly turn when he raped her.
After all, the world is full of ugly injustices, and if Libra's house is not beautiful, where is the balance to all that pettiness and greed?
A pang of morality reared its ugly head.
The almost-worst thing that can happen is you'll make an ugly or unusable candle that you'll have to melt and start over.
In many cases, these gifts will be gag gifts, like an ugly knickknack from around the house or a dollar-store toy.
Teen girls typically don't want to go the "ugly" route, and teen boys may want to take their costume ideas to the extreme.
He's ugly, bitter, green and hard to miss, especially when he dons his Santa suit.