Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ugly
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Ugly
ugly
~ adj 1 extremely unattractive and unpleasant to look at (He's just so ugly! | heavy, ugly furniture | ugly as sin (=very ugly)) 2 making you feel frightened, nervous, or threatened (There were ugly scenes as rival gangs started attacking each other.) 3 rear its ugly head to appear and start to cause problems (Scandal has reared its ugly head yet again.) 4 ugly duckling someone who is less attractive, skilful etc than other people when they are young, but who becomes beautiful and successful later - ugliness n
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(uglier, ugliest) 1. If you say that someone or something is ugly, you mean that they are very unattractive and unpleasant to look at. ...an ugly little hat... She makes me feel dowdy and ugly. ? beautiful ADJ • ugliness ...the raw ugliness of his native city. ? beauty N-UNCOUNT 2. If you refer to an event or situation as ugly, you mean that it is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violent or aggressive behaviour. There have been some ugly scenes... The confrontation turned ugly. ADJ • ugliness ...the subtlety and ugliness of sexual harassment. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp 3. to rear its ugly head: see head ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective (uglier; -est) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse uggligr, from uggr fear; akin to Old Norse ugga to fear Date: 13th century 1. frightful, dire 2. a. offensive to the sight ; hideous b. offensive or unpleasant to any sense 3. morally offensive or objectionable corruption—the ugliest stain of all 4. a. likely to cause inconvenience or discomfort the ~ truth b. surly, quarrelsome an ~ disposition the crowd got ~ • uglily adverb II. adverb Date: 14th century in an ~ manner was acting ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (uglier, ugliest) 1 unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl). 2 unpleasantly suggestive; discreditable (ugly rumours are about). 3 threatening, dangerous (the sky has an ugly look). 4 morally repulsive; vile (ugly vices). Phrases and idioms ugly customer an unpleasantly formidable person. ugly duckling a person who turns out to be beautiful or talented etc. against all expectations (with ref. to a cygnet in a brood of ducks in a tale by Andersen). Derivatives uglily adv. ugliness n. Etymology: ME f. ON uggligr to be dreaded f. ugga to dread ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. некрасивый человек, урод 2. козырек дамской шляпы (XIX в) 3. разг. шляпа в виде капора с полями от солнца 4. безобразный; уродливый ugly face —- некрасивое лицо 5. неприятный, противный; плохой, скверный, мерзкий ugly news —- неприятные новости 6. опасный, угрожающий ugly symptom —- опасный симптом 7. предвещающий бурю 8. разг. вздорный, задиристый; раздражительный, с плохим характером ugly customer —- беспокойный человек; грубиян Id: ugly duckling —- гадкий утенок (выросший в лебедя); нечто многообещающее; кто-либо подающий надежды; он еще себя покажет ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1250, uglike "frightful or horrible in appearance," from O.N. uggligr "dreadful, fearful," from uggr "fear, apprehension, dread" (perhaps related to agg "strife, hate"). Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" c.1375. Extended sense of "morally offensive" is early 14c.; that of "ill-tempered" is from 1687. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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