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Pronunciation : Ug"ly
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Icel. uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) + -ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). Awe.]
Definition : 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.]
[Compar. Uglier; superl. Ugliest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ug"ly
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ug"ly
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make ugly. [R.] Richardson.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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