ugly
ugly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]
- 2.Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.]
- 3.A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
- 4.To make ugly. [R.] Richardson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absurdity
- among
- and
- angel
- anticlimax
- awkward
- baroque
- bathos
- bear
- benefactor
- bizarre
- bombast
- bombastic
- brick
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- comedy
- comical
- comicality
- commit
- community
- contemptible
- dancing
- demigod
- derisive
- diamond
- doggerel
- droll
- drollery
- drollish
- duckling
- earth
- eccentric
- eccentricity
- example
- extravagance
- extravagant
- fanciful
- fantastic
- farce
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is ugly.
- What is ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.] called?
- What is unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] called?
- What is a shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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