Synonyms for ugly
ˈʌg liug·ly

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1. uglyadjective

   Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.

   Synonyms:
   homely, hideous, repulsive, unattractive, immoral, corrupt, unsightly, displeasing, vile, uncomely

   Antonyms:
   beautiful, gorgeous, pretty, handsome, attractive, sightly

2. uglyadjective

   Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.

   Synonyms:
   displeasing, homely, uncomely, vile, hideous, repulsive, unattractive, corrupt, unsightly, immoral

   Antonyms:
   attractive, pleasing

3. uglyadjective

   Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.

   He played an ugly trick on us.

   Synonyms:
   unsightly, uncomely, immoral, hideous, repulsive, vile, corrupt, homely, unattractive, displeasing

   Antonyms:
   moral

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. ugly

   Synonyms:
   awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasant

   Antonyms:
   attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque, pretty

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ugly

   Synonyms:
   loathsome, hideous, hateful, frightful, uncouth, ill-favored, unsightly, ill-looking, plain, homely, deformed, monstrous, ungainly

   Antonyms:
   attractive, fair, seemly, shapely, beautiful, handsome

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. uglyadjective

   displeasing to the senses

   "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

   Synonyms:
   horrifying, surly, worthless, despicable, unworthy, vile, slimy, atrocious, horrible, wretched, frightful

   Antonyms:
   pulchritudinous, picturesque, gorgeous, sightly, scenic, lovely, bonny, dishy, glorious, splendiferous, bonnie, well-favored, good-natured, pretty-pretty, good, fair, exquisite, pretty, beautiful, handsome, resplendent, beauteous, stunning, unalarming, ravishing, well-favoured, fine-looking, better-looking, comely, good-looking, splendid

2. surly, uglyadjective

   inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

   "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

   Synonyms:
   frightful, horrifying, surly, worthless, despicable, unworthy, slimy, atrocious, horrible, vile, wretched

   Antonyms:
   beauteous, beautiful, resplendent, pretty, bonny, pretty-pretty, pulchritudinous, handsome, ravishing, exquisite, splendiferous, well-favoured, good, fair, comely, good-natured, bonnie, stunning, better-looking, lovely, sightly, good-looking, glorious, gorgeous, fine-looking, splendid, unalarming, picturesque, well-favored, scenic, dishy

3. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretchedadjective

   morally reprehensible

   "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

   Synonyms:
   frightful, queasy, offensive, pitiable, pathetic, nauseating, piteous, vile, loathsome, misfortunate, suffering, miserable, pitiful, hapless, horrible, worthless, unworthy, nauseous, slimy, undeserving, horrifying, atrocious, deplorable, sickening, woeful, noisome, wretched, poor, execrable, despicable, slimed, surly

   Antonyms:
   splendid, ravishing, sightly, unalarming, bonny, resplendent, fine-looking, lovely, stunning, good-looking, beauteous, dishy, handsome, glorious, well-favoured, comely, gorgeous, pretty-pretty, well-favored, good, picturesque, pretty, good-natured, exquisite, fair, beautiful, better-looking, scenic, pulchritudinous, bonnie, splendiferous

4. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, uglyadjective

   provoking horror

   "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

   Synonyms:
   frightful, flagitious, unworthy, wretched, terrible, monstrous, fearful, horrible, worthless, tremendous, abominable, unspeakable, awful, grievous, atrocious, slimy, dreadful, horrifying, vile, despicable, painful, surly

   Antonyms:
   lovely, better-looking, pretty-pretty, splendid, ravishing, splendiferous, good-natured, fine-looking, well-favoured, bonnie, resplendent, bonny, gorgeous, pretty, beauteous, scenic, pulchritudinous, comely, well-favored, good-looking, glorious, handsome, fair, exquisite, beautiful, dishy, sightly, picturesque, unalarming, good, stunning

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1. hideous

   something that isn't pretty is ugly.

   the combination of those colors is really hideous!

   Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uglyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsightly, plain, homely, ordinary, ill-looking, ill-favored, hard-favored, not handsome

2. uglyadjective

   Synonyms:
   frightful, horrible, hideous, horrid, shocking, terrible, GREWSOME

3. uglyadjective

   Synonyms:
   cross, sulky, morose, ill-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained

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1. uglyadjective

   Synonyms:
   repulsive, unsightly, loathsome, hideous, grewsome, frightful, crossgrained, ill-natured, unamiable, inaffable, surly, refractory, vicious, indocile, spiteful, sullen, morose, uncomely, hard-visaged, homely, ill-favored, hard-featured

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1. List of paraphrases for "ugly":

   bad-looking, hideous, feo, horrible, awful, naughty, bad, nasty, terrible, hairy, dirty, heinous, unpleasant, abhorrent, funny-looking, abominable, horrific, lousy, repugnant

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How to use ugly in a sentence?

1. Republican Senate candidate Dr. Oz:

   I never expected it would get ugly. Period. Certainly not this ugly, but I’m a porcupine.

2. Winsome Sears:

   If Critical Race Theory means that telling a child that once you emerge from the womb you are a racist and a colonizer and whatever else, that's not going to be good. Critical Race Theory's going to create morale problems for everybody, if we're going to teach about African American history, why just keep Critical Race Theory to one month ? Let's teach Critical Race Theory throughout. Let's talk about these things. You can't escape history. Let's talk about the good, the bad and the ugly.

3. Gerald Molen:

   There is no racism except for those who create an issue. That is the worst kind. Using such an ugly way of complaining.

4. Jonathan Kanter:

   It’s really important that we understand the good, the bad and sometimes the ugly of how dark patterns or personalized targeting can influence how consumers respond, when they respond, and the extent to which they are able to benefit from competition, a lot of the assumptions have been that consumers can discipline bad behavior [of a company] by switching. But if consumers don’t switch as easily as they used to, or if consumers are being nudged in one direction or another, that’s a market reality we need to understand.

5. Roz Rothstein:

   This is an ugly,aggressive act of anti-Jewish bigotry.We are grateful to Waste Management for taking swift action that sends the right message to companies around the world thatbehavior like this will never be tolerated.