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[ adjective ] displeasing to the senses and morally revolting
Examples "an ugly face" "ugly furniture" "war is ugly" Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Cause of all this commotion : squat , pug-nosed , balding , hopelessly ugly Jean-Pierre_Bravado , a Bogartian figure , who plays a sadistic , amoral , philosophic Tasti-Freeze salesman in old New-Waver Fredrico_de_Mille_Rossilini 's endlessly provocative film , A_Sour_Sponge . |
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[ adjective ] deficient in beauty
Examples "ugly gray slums" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty gazed out at ugly gray slums and said softly , `` Look at those stupid kids '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] morally reprehensible
Synonyms Examples "would do something as despicable as murder" "ugly crimes" "the vile development of slavery appalled them" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Examples "a baleful look" "forbidding thunderclouds" "his tone became menacing" "ominous rumblings of discontent" "sinister storm clouds" "a sinister smile" "his threatening behavior" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
Synonyms Examples "a surly waiter" "an ugly frame of mind" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] provoking horror
Synonyms Examples "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" Related terms |
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