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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

inaesthetic

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[ adjective ] morally reprehensible

Examples

"would do something as despicable as murder" "ugly crimes" "the vile development of slavery appalled them"

Related terms

evil

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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

alarming

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[ adjective ] inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

Synonyms

surly

Examples

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

Related terms

ill-natured

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[ adjective ] provoking horror

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

alarming

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