ugly

Definition for ugly

adjective as in unattractive

Strongest matches

awful, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, unseemly, unsightly

Weak matches

animal, appalling, bad-looking, beastly, deformed, disfigured, foul, frightful, gross, hard-featured, homely, ill-favored, loathsome, misshapen, monstrous, not much to look at, plain, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unbeautiful, uncomely, uninviting, unlovely, unprepossessing

adjective as in unpleasant, disagreeable

Strongest matches

dirty, disgusting, distasteful, hideous, horrid, messy, nasty, shocking, sordid, terrible, vile

Weak matches

base, despicable, filthy, foul, frightful, ignoble, low, low-down, mean, monstrous, nauseous, noisome, objectionable, odious, offensive, pesky, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, servile, sickening, sorry, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, wicked, wretched

adjective as in dangerous, threatening

Strongest matches

dark, evil, gloomy, nasty, ominous, rough, serious, sinister, vicious, violent

Weak matches

angry, bellicose, black, cantankerous, crabbed, crabby, disagreeable, dour, fell, forbidding, formidable, glum, grave, grievous, major, malevolent, menacing, morose, obnoxious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, saturnine, scowling, spiteful, sullen, surly, treacherous, truculent, wicked

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But the ugly cloud of acrimony generated by that fractious Oval Office encounter 11 days ago may start to dissipate as the real business of peace-making gets under way.

From BBC

But, having been given a first-round bye, he fell in his opening match after producing a string of ugly mistakes.

From BBC

The ugly withdrawal from Afghanistan had made Washington look weak.

From Salon

“I think film sets are a mini representation of what can happen in the world, and it can get ugly,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

Melania Trump's testimony doesn't just give cover for her husband's ugly views on sexual violence.

From Salon

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