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  1. 1. superl. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed. Source: opted
  2. 2. superl. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. Source: opted
  3. 3. superl. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To make ugly. Source: opted
  6. 6. adj. displeasing to the senses Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. morally reprehensible Source: wordnet
  9. 9. adj. provoking horror Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 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.] A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley. To make ugly. [R.] Richardson. Source: webster
  11. 11. A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq.Eng.] C. Kingsley. Source: adambom
  12. 12. j:99/n:1 a. displeasing to the senses Source: ecdict

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