Uglier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ugly \Ug"ly\, a. [Compar. {Uglier}; superl. {Ugliest}.] [Icel.
     uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) +
     -ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). ??. Cf. {Awe}.]
     1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of
        disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive;
        deformed.


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              The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser.
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              Like the toad, ugly and venomous.     --Shak.
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              O, I have passed a miserable night,
              So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. --Shak.
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     2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly
        temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]
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     3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss;
        as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ugly
       adj 1: displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly
              face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly" [ant: {beautiful}]
       2: deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums"
       3: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
          "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" [syn: {surly}]
       4: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
          murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
          appalled them" [syn: {despicable}, {vile}, {unworthy}]
       5: 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" [syn: {baleful}, {forbidding}, {menacing}, {minacious},
           {minatory}, {ominous}, {sinister}, {threatening}]
       6: 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}]
       [also: {ugliest}, {uglier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uglier
       See {ugly}