ugly
US: /ˈəɡɫi/
UK: /ˈʌɡli/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
ugly /'ʌgli/- tính từ
- xấu, xấu xí
- as ugly as sin: xấu như ma
- to grow ugly: xấu đi
- xấu, xấu xa, khó chịu; đáng sợ
- ugly news: tin xấu
- ugly weather: tiết trời xấu
- an ugly customer: (thông tục) một đứa xấu; một thằng đáng sợ
- xấu, xấu xí
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective (uglier, ugliest)1 unpleasant to look at
Synonym: UNATTRACTIVE
an ugly face / building + an ugly scar
2 (of an event, a situation, etc.) unpleasant or dangerous; involving threats or violence: an ugly incident + There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued.
ugliness noun [U]: He was depressed by the extreme ugliness of the city.
Idioms see REAR v., SIN n.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly, hideous, grotesque, gruesome, ghastly, offensive, repulsive-looking, plain, plain-looking, plain-featured, bad-featured, ill-favoured, dreadful-looking, awful-looking, terrible-looking, horrible-looking, frightful-looking, monstrous-looking, US and Canadian homely:
The Georgian houses were demolished and replaced by ugly tower-blocks.
2 objectionable, disagreeable, unpleasant, offensive, nasty, loathsome, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, noisome, nauseating, nauseous, revolting, sickening, disgusting, obnoxious, mephitic, rotten, corrupt, filthy, vile, heinous, bad, sordid, evil, foul, perverted, immoral, depraved, degenerate, base, debased, detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, despicable, odious:
The East End murders were among the ugliest crimes of the century. He sprang from his seat with an ugly curse on his lips.
3 disquieting, uncomfortable, discomforting, troublesome, awkward, disadvantageous, ominous, dangerous, perilous, hazardous:
He found himself in a very ugly position, with no apparent means of escape.
4 unpleasant, disagreeable, surly, hostile, nasty, spiteful, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, currish, irascible, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crabby, crabbed, crotchety, cross, cranky, mean:
He's in an ugly mood till he's had his coffee.
Collocation
1 unattractive
VERBS
be, look
ADV.
extremely, hideously, incredibly, really, very
The witch was hideously ugly.
| almost | pretty, quite, rather
2 dangerous/threatening
VERBS
be, look, sound | get, turn
ADV.
really, very | pretty, quite
A fight started and things got pretty ugly.
| potentially
Concise dictionary
uglier|ugliest'ʌglɪadj.
+displeasing to the senses
+inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
+morally reprehensible
+provoking horror
