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Textual thesaurus for "ugly"

(adj) atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying

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


(adj) despicable, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched, vile

morally reprehensible

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


(adj) surly

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

a surly waiter; an ugly frame of mind