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单词 ugly
释义 ug·ly
I. \ˈəglē, -li\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English uglike, ugly frightful, unpleasing in appearance, from Old Norse uggligr frightful, from uggr fear + -ligr -ly — more at -ly
1. : frightful, terrible, horrible, dire
 < inflicting a very ugly though not necessarily fatal wound — D.D.Martin >
2.
 a.
  (1) : offensive to the sight : of unpleasing, disagreeable, or loathsome appearance : not beautiful — unsightly, hideous
   < ugly people >
   < an ugly color >
   < houses were cheaply constructed and ugly — Sherwood Anderson >
  (2) : inaesthetic
   < an ugly line >
 b. : offensive or unpleasing to any sense
  < ugly sounds >
  < ugly smells >
3. : morally offensive or objectionable : repulsive, vile, base
 < ugly crimes >
 < ugly habits >
4.
 a. : causing or likely to cause inconvenience, embarrassment, or discomfort : troublesome
  < an ugly situation >
  < told him the ugly truth about himself — Eden Phillpotts >
 b.
  (1) : threatening
   < ugly weather >
   < an ugly cloud >
  (2) : heavy, violent
   < an ugly sea >
 c. : ill-natured, surly, quarrelsome
  < an ugly temper >
Synonyms:
 hideous, ill-favored, unsightly: ugly may apply to whatever is strongly displeasing to view or contemplate or to whatever calls forth repulsion, repugnance, loathing, or dread
  < an ugly sight he was, thin, stooping, bald, stiff-jointed, with an ulcered face patched with plasters — Robert Graves >
  < acres of ugly wooden tenement houses line the drab streets — American Guide Series: Massachusetts >
  < an ugly story of low passion, delusion, and waking from delusion — George Eliot >
  hideous applies to what is extremely ugly and revolting, horrible, or odious
  < false eyebrows and false moustaches were stuck upon them, and their hideous countenances were all bloody and sweaty — Charles Dickens >
  < a yell of agony so appalling and hideous — Sheridan Le Fanu >
  < a hideous business, in which nearly all the humane alleviations of brutal violence, introduced and practiced in the days when professional armies fought for a dynasty or for a point of honor, were disregarded — W.R.Inge >
  ill-favored describes one with unpleasing, disagreeable, or unpleasant features but does not in general have more dire connotation
  < ill-favored and lean-fleshed — Gen 41:3 (Authorized Version) >
  unsightly, close to ugly, may apply to something unattractive that blemishes what might have been pleasing
  < unsightly hovels >
  < unsightly areas of houses quickly built and poorly kept — American Guide Series: Virginia >
  < an unsightly scar >
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from ugly (I)
chiefly dialect : uglily
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: ugly (I)
: one that is ugly
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