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Synonyms for ugly
ˈʌg liug·ly

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Wiktionary2.7 / 3 votes

  1. uglyadjective

    Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.

    Synonyms:
    homely, hideous, repulsive, unattractive, immoral, corrupt, unsightly, displeasing, vile, uncomely

    Antonyms:
    beautiful, gorgeous, pretty, handsome, attractive, sightly

  2. uglyadjective

    Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.

    Synonyms:
    displeasing, homely, uncomely, vile, hideous, repulsive, unattractive, corrupt, unsightly, immoral

    Antonyms:
    attractive, pleasing

  3. uglyadjective

    Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.

    He played an ugly trick on us.

    Synonyms:
    unsightly, uncomely, immoral, hideous, repulsive, vile, corrupt, homely, unattractive, displeasing

    Antonyms:
    moral

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ugly

    Synonyms:
    loathsome, hideous, hateful, frightful, uncouth, ill-favored, unsightly, ill-looking, plain, homely, deformed, monstrous, ungainly

    Antonyms:
    attractive, fair, seemly, shapely, beautiful, handsome

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 3 votes

  1. uglyadjective

    displeasing to the senses

    "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

    Synonyms:
    horrifying, surly, worthless, despicable, unworthy, vile, slimy, atrocious, horrible, wretched, frightful

    Antonyms:
    pulchritudinous, picturesque, gorgeous, sightly, scenic, lovely, bonny, dishy, glorious, splendiferous, bonnie, well-favored, good-natured, pretty-pretty, good, fair, exquisite, pretty, beautiful, handsome, resplendent, beauteous, stunning, unalarming, ravishing, well-favoured, fine-looking, better-looking, comely, good-looking, splendid

  2. surly, uglyadjective

    inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

    "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

    Synonyms:
    frightful, horrifying, surly, worthless, despicable, unworthy, slimy, atrocious, horrible, vile, wretched

    Antonyms:
    beauteous, beautiful, resplendent, pretty, bonny, pretty-pretty, pulchritudinous, handsome, ravishing, exquisite, splendiferous, well-favoured, good, fair, comely, good-natured, bonnie, stunning, better-looking, lovely, sightly, good-looking, glorious, gorgeous, fine-looking, splendid, unalarming, picturesque, well-favored, scenic, dishy

  3. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretchedadjective

    morally reprehensible

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

    Synonyms:
    frightful, queasy, offensive, pitiable, pathetic, nauseating, piteous, vile, loathsome, misfortunate, suffering, miserable, pitiful, hapless, horrible, worthless, unworthy, nauseous, slimy, undeserving, horrifying, atrocious, deplorable, sickening, woeful, noisome, wretched, poor, execrable, despicable, slimed, surly

    Antonyms:
    splendid, ravishing, sightly, unalarming, bonny, resplendent, fine-looking, lovely, stunning, good-looking, beauteous, dishy, handsome, glorious, well-favoured, comely, gorgeous, pretty-pretty, well-favored, good, picturesque, pretty, good-natured, exquisite, fair, beautiful, better-looking, scenic, pulchritudinous, bonnie, splendiferous

  4. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, uglyadjective

    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:
    frightful, flagitious, unworthy, wretched, terrible, monstrous, fearful, horrible, worthless, tremendous, abominable, unspeakable, awful, grievous, atrocious, slimy, dreadful, horrifying, vile, despicable, painful, surly

    Antonyms:
    lovely, better-looking, pretty-pretty, splendid, ravishing, splendiferous, good-natured, fine-looking, well-favoured, bonnie, resplendent, bonny, gorgeous, pretty, beauteous, scenic, pulchritudinous, comely, well-favored, good-looking, glorious, handsome, fair, exquisite, beautiful, dishy, sightly, picturesque, unalarming, good, stunning

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hideous

    something that isn't pretty is ugly.

    the combination of those colors is really hideous!

    Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. uglyadjective

    Synonyms:
    unsightly, plain, homely, ordinary, ill-looking, ill-favored, hard-favored, not handsome

  2. uglyadjective

    Synonyms:
    frightful, horrible, hideous, horrid, shocking, terrible, GREWSOME

  3. uglyadjective

    Synonyms:
    cross, sulky, morose, ill-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained

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How to use ugly in a sentence?

  1. Bernard Mandeville:

    Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true motives of their hearts in the specious cloak of sociableness, and their concern for the public good, they are in hopes of concealing their filthy appetites and the deformity of their desires.

  2. Jeremy Shaver:

    It is appalling and outrageous that anyone would cast aside the American flag in a public park and replace it with an ugly symbol of the Nazi regime, we all have a responsibility to speak up when such hateful incidents take place in our communities.

  3. Lisa Haisha:

    Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

  4. Keith Ellison:

    Our country has gone through some ugly days. The Supreme Court in the 1850s said that it was OK to own a black person, that was the Dred Scott decision. That decision hit the dust bin of history... and United States will too.

  5. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

    This has been an absolutely appalling and ugly incident.


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