ugly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈəgli/

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Adjective

ugly (comparative uglier, superlative ugliest)

1. Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
2. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
3. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.

   He played an ugly trick on us.

Synonyms

• (displeasing to the eye): hideous, homely, repulsive, unattractive, uncomely, unsightly
• (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): displeasing, repulsive, unattractive
• (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): corrupt, immoral, vile
• See also Wikisaurus:ugly

Antonyms

• (displeasing to the eye): attractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, sightly
• (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): attractive, pleasing
• (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): moral

Derived terms

• ugly duckling
• uglification
• uglify

Translations

displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing

Arabic: قبيح (ar) (qabiiH), بشع (ar) (bashi3) Armenian: տգեղ (hy) (tgeġ), (colloquial, dialectal) գեշ (hy) (geš) Bengali: বিশ্রী (bn) (bisri) Bosnian: ružan (bs) Catalan: lleig (ca) m., lletja (ca) f. Chamicuro: mache'c̈homa Chinese: Cantonese: 樣衰 Mandarin: 難看 (cmn), 难看 (cmn) (nánkàn), 醜 (cmn) (chǒu), 媸 (cmn) (chī), 醜陋 (cmn), 丑陋 (cmn) (chǒulòu) Czech: ošklivý (cs), škaredý (cs) Dalmatian: brot Dutch: lelijk (nl) Esperanto: malbela (eo) Finnish: ruma (fi) French: laid (fr), laide (fr) f., moche (fr) German: hässlich (de) Greek: άσχημος (áschimos) Hindi: बदसूरत (hi) (badsūrat) Hungarian: csúnya (hu), ronda (hu) Ido: leda (io) Irish: gránna (ga)

Italian: brutto (it) m., brutta (it) f. Japanese: 醜い (ja) (みにくい, minikui), 見苦しい (ja) (みぐるしい, migurushii), 格好悪い (ja) (かっこわるい, kakkowarui) Korean: 추악한 (ko) (chuak-han) Krio: wowoh Latin: dēfōrmis (la), foedus (la) m., turpis (la) Macedonian: грд (mk) (grd) m. Norwegian: stygg (no), frastøtende (no) Polish: brzydki (pl) Portuguese: feio (pt) m., feia (pt) f. Romanian: urât (ro) Russian: безобразный (ru) (bezobráznyj), уродливый (ru) (uródlivyj), некрасивый (ru) (nekrasívyj) Slovak: škaredý (sk) Spanish: feo (es) Swedish: ful (sv) Urdu: بدسورت (ur) (badsūrat) Vietnamese: xấu (vi) (醜 (vi)) Welsh: hyll (cy) Yiddish: מיאוס (yi) (mies)

displeasing to the ear or some other sense

Chinese: Mandarin: 難聽 (cmn), 难听 (cmn) (nántīng)

Hungarian: csúnya (hu) Norwegian: stygg (no), ekkel (no), vemmelig (no)

offensive to one's sensibilities or morality

Indonesian: buruk (id), jelek (id) Latin: dēfōrmis (la)

Norwegian: vemmelig (no), vond (no)

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Albanian: i/e shemtuar, i/e shpifur Danish: grim (da) Dutch: lelijk Esperanto: malbela Filipino: panghet Finnish: ruma (1,2), epäesteettinen (2) Korean: 추악한 (chuakhan) Kurdish: ناشرین

Persian: زشت (zesht) Romanian: urât, slut Sardinian: feu, lezzu m., fea, lezza f. Scottish Gaelic: grànnda Serbian: Cyrillic: pyжан m. Roman: ružan m. Sicilian: làriu m., lària f. Telugu: వికారమైన (vikaaramaina)

Noun

ugly (uncountable)

1. ugliness
   • 2009: Lady Gaga and RedOne, "Bad Romance":

     I want your ugly / I want your disease.