English Dictionary: ugly | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for ugly | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser. Like the toad, ugly and venomous. --Shak. O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. --Shak. 2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.] 3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ugly \Ug"ly\, n. A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] --C. Kingsley. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ugly \Ug"ly\, v. t. To make ugly. [R.] --Richardson. |