1
as in hideous
unpleasant to look at
her first attempt at painting was pretty ugly—a portrait of her sister that was not at all flattering
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2
as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
an ugly suggestion for controlling the overpopulation of deer in the area
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an ugly scar
an ugly scene
an ugly truth
an ugly word
an ugly picture
an unattractive picture
an unlovely picture
an unpleasant picture
an unappealing picture
a hideous picture
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Recent Examples of ugly
The latest setback was an ugly 98-86 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night at State Farm Arena that dropped the Heat to ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
The process of renegotiating the transatlantic compact could be ugly.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Other attempts to besmirch her also fell short — as in the 2024 election, when former Sen. Randolph Bracy launched an ugly attempt to oust her from the District 15 Senate seat.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Rather than discarding decades of learning and optimization, Harbinger is keeping its focus narrow, changing only what's required to move the industry away from expensive and ugly combustion to cleaner and cheaper electric drive.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2025
The process of renegotiating the transatlantic compact could be ugly.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Other attempts to besmirch her also fell short — as in the 2024 election, when former Sen. Randolph Bracy launched an ugly attempt to oust her from the District 15 Senate seat.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Rather than discarding decades of learning and optimization, Harbinger is keeping its focus narrow, changing only what's required to move the industry away from expensive and ugly combustion to cleaner and cheaper electric drive.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ugly
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When the youth miracle drug turns to body horror, Moore becomes the decaying mutation called Gollum, made to look like a slow-progressing disease, while Moore and her younger incarnation (played by Margaret Qualley), merge into the hideous Monstro.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2025
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But the idea of a woman who is kind of crippled, or is struggling physically, to have the one and only thing that is supporting her, kicked out from underneath her is so vile and hideous.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Selena Gomez has called out 'disgusting' weight shame As a former child star who grew up in the public eye, Gomez has long been subjected to conversations surrounding her weight.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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The desire to avoid portraying her character’s actions as simply disgusting led de Van to play the lead role herself, in spite of the challenges that created for her as a first-time feature director.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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Her being nominated for playing a grotesque has-been is, at the very least, a delicious irony.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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The grotesque high point: the meat dress, complete with an uncooked meat cap and shoes. 20 of pop culture's most showstopping red dresses Best Picture mix-up (2017 Oscars) And the Oscar goes to…absolute chaos!—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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For a large part, the Heat’s supporting pieces have been awful this season.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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Hollywood continued to celebrate the fearless first responders who worked to save lives and property during the awful Los Angeles wildfires last month.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2025
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
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Some compare Sanders to Geno Smith — not flattering, but not horrible.—
Troy Renck,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Everybody's going to be thrown, according to , into all these horrible situations.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Excess government wastage and spending keep taxes high and contribute to making investing in our country increasingly unattractive.—
Shivaune Field,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The findings suggested extended periods of time spent in the captive environment of a shelter was encouraging dogs to behave in a manner considered unattractive to would-be adopters.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Rosemary Farm in Santa Maria, California, has struggled to get by as bird flu ravages poultry populations across the U.S., sickening and killing birds and causing egg prices to spike.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Plastic straws were also noted sticking out of sea turtle nostrils, and sickening or killing seabirds, fish, manatees, dolphins and other marine mammals.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Ugly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ugly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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