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    [Adjective]  | "ug*ly" | \ ˈə-glē \


    1: offensive to the sight : hideous

    2: offensive or unpleasant to any sense

    3: morally offensive or objectionable


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Old Norse uggligr, from uggr fear; akin to Old Norse ugga to fear;

    [Adverb]  | "ugly" 


    1: in an ugly manner


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "Ugly American" 


    1: an American in a foreign country whose behavior is offensive to the people of that country


    Origin: 1965 ;

     The Ugly American (1958), collection of stories by Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer American authors;

    [Noun]  | "ugly duckling" 


    1: one that appears very unpromising but often has great potential


    Origin: 1869 ;

     The Ugly Duckling, story by Hans Christian Andersen;

    [Noun]  | "plug-ug*ly" | \ ˈpləg-ˌəg-lē \


    1: thug, tough; especially : one hired to intimidate


    Origin: 1856 ;

    [Idiom]  | "(as) ugly as sin" 


    1: very ugly

    [Idiom]  | "rear/raise its ugly head" 


    1: —used to say that something bad appears and causes trouble usually after not occurring for a period of time

    [Adjective]  | "ugly" 


    1: unpleasant to look at;


      * e.g., " ... her first attempt at painting was pretty ugly—a portrait of her sister that was not at all flattering "





    2: causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment;


      * e.g., " ... an ugly suggestion for controlling the overpopulation of deer in the area "





    [Noun]  | "plug-ugly" 


    1: a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang;


      * e.g., " ... sent over a couple of hulking plug-uglies to rough up the store owner "



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     [ "ugly" ]

    1: An irreversable biological predestination that, unfortunately, causes the individual whom is ugly to receive disprefferential treatment from both genders for the rest of their lives.

      * e.g.,  ... The fear of being ugly is the reason beauty products are one of the worlds best selling items. 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1: Result of being hit with an ugly stick.

      * e.g.,  ... Your kid didn't just get hit with an ugly stick, he got hit with the whole damn tree! 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1: Another word for unnatractive or unapealling... What girls call me.

      * e.g.,  ... I showed my picture to a bunch of girls online and they all said ''ewwww, he's ugly''. I thought I was good-looking, guess not. 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1: Ugly is used as an expression of how DISGUSTING and not normal something is. People use ugly for situations when your friend does something so stupid that you can't even describe it in any other way other that yelling out UGLY!!! You can also use it as a pronoun to replace a person (dude, friend, my dude...ect.)

      * e.g.,  ... "YOU STOLE YOUR BROTHER'S GIRL??!! THAT'S SO UGLYYY" 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1: A word that 5 year old boys call pretty girls because they are immature and don't know how to express their feelings for a girl so they tease them instead.

      * e.g.,  ...  Johnny: Eeeeew Kayla get away from me! You're ugly! You have cooties! 


     [ "ugly" ]

    2:  A word that sometimes people genuinely use when someone is really, truly, genuinely ugly. Pretty rare, though.

      * e.g.,  ... Kayla: SHUT UPPP!!!  


     [ "ugly" ]

    3:  Used by popular guys in school, usually in refrence to an unpopular or weird girl, even if she isn't ugly in the least bit.

      * e.g.,  ...  Deb: Have you noticed that Mrs. Red has a beard growing? 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1: A word used by arrogant assholes to make them seem like they are the most beatiful person ever and the person that they are calling "ugly" as a lower lifeform.

      * e.g.,  ... yibsfbhjfdshbjfdhbjdbhjdgsjhbgdshbjgs dfbhdgsbjhgsdbhjgdbhjfg dsfbhudbhjdsgbhjdsgbj 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1: Someone that is very visually disturbing, and people avoid to look in this person's direction

      * e.g.,  ... x:So what did you think of my friend? 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1:  One who has unattractive physical attributes.

      * e.g.,  ...  That girl with the large nose and acne is ugly. 


     [ "ugly" ]

    2:  An unpleasant event or scene.

      * e.g.,  ...  That was one ugly scene when that guy got shot in the head. 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1: a negative word often abused to make fun of somebody for not being "attrative".When in reality nobody is ugly it all depends on who is attracted to what kind of person. Usually after a long time frame of being called ugly the victim loses confidence.It is a word to eagerly used out of anger and should not be said to or about anybody.Sometimes the word ugly is also used for no reason.

      * e.g.,  ... Victim:What did you eat for breakfast this morning? 

     [ "ugly" ]

    1: 1) a harsh but occasionally fitting word to something or someone that is either extremely hard to look at, or has a terrible personality, or both

      * e.g.,  ... 1) A:That girl Shawna has really bad acne, but still she acts like she's perfect and is a total bitch to everyone.  


     [ "ugly" ]

    2: 2) a word that some girls use to describe themselves, often in an attempt to get pity and extra compliments

      * e.g.,  ...  B: I know, she is such an ugly person! 

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