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Synonyms & Antonyms for ugly
Synonyms: Adjective
grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, monstrous, unappealing, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly, vile
Antonyms: Adjective
aesthetic (also esthetic), attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, lovely, pretty, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored
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Examples of ugly in a Sentence
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an ugly shade of green They avoided what could have been an ugly situation. He has an ugly disposition.
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These fans relate to the good, the bad, and the ugly. — Jill Gutowitz, Glamour, "How The Bold Type Gave Us the Realest Female Friendships on TV Since...Ever?," 9 Apr. 2019 The Pacer All-Star guard shot a miserable 5-of-20 for a very ugly 17 points. — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Cavaliers show heart in comeback victory -- Terry Pluto (photos)," 23 Apr. 2018 The stigma around medication is an ugly branch of the stigma around mental illness in general. — Sarah Klein, Health.com, "Why This Ballerina With Panic Disorder and Depression Refuses to Apologize for Her Mental Illness," 22 May 2018 Given fashion's ongoing love affair with the ugly shoe trend, the timing of Valentino's collaboration with Birkenstock is perfect. — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, "Valentino Birkenstocks Are Now Available to Shop for $495," 27 Feb. 2019 Despite several studies that confirm Black fathers are typically very involved in the lives of their children, an ugly string of representation of Black fatherhood permeates even the best and most honest images of Black fatherhood in existence. — Joelle Monique, Teen Vogue, ""If Beale Street Could Talk" Highlights the Power of Love in a World Designed for Black People to Fail," 9 Jan. 2019 This win was undoubtedly ugly, with yards hard to come by and points even more scarce. — Seattle Times Sports Staff, The Seattle Times, "What the national media are saying about the Seahawks’ win over the Vikings on #MNF," 11 Dec. 2018 The season-long slash line still looks ugly, but Grichuk is hitting .366/.422/.805 in 45 plate appearances during his hot streak. — Michael Beller, SI.com, "The Table Setter: Marcell Ozuna Is On Fire," 18 June 2018 Burke had the unenviable task of trying to manage an ugly ongoing feud between Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley and City Councilman Chris Seelbach. — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, "PX column: Democratic Party leader ends quarter-century in a thankless, unpaid job," 8 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
San Antonio’s defense would ugly up the game and likely dictate the pace of that match-up. — Ben Golliver, SI.com, "Stephen Curry Avoids Season-Ending Knee Injury, but His Health Will Define 2018 NBA Postseason," 24 Mar. 2018 If anything, these platforms are likely to mean the younger royals spend more time, not less, talking about how ugly the internet can be. — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, "How the Internet’s Obsession with the Royal Family Turned Toxic," 10 Feb. 2019 While countering Pawlenty was a unifying theme for the Democrats, their primary turned ugly in the closing days. — Kyle Potter, The Seattle Times, "Minnesota GOP governor primary tests Pawlenty’s comeback bid," 13 Aug. 2018 And lets not forget that @stefanogabbana bullies young girls online calling them ugly. — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE.com, "Ashley Graham, Naomi Campbell Criticized for Walking Dolce & Gabbana Show After Selena Gomez Diss," 9 July 2018 And people were saying ugly and often untruthful things. — Hope Reese, Vox, "A historian on our broken election system: “it’s run by people with stake in the outcome”," 21 Nov. 2018 Of course, a choppy, fun-to-trade market could easily turn ugly if the economy suddenly slows or a trade war erupts with China, to name just two risks. — Landon Thomas Jr., New York Times, "Stock Markets Are Scary. Suddenly, It’s a Good Time to be a Trader.," 8 Mar. 2018 Connie Britton is playing Debra Newell, the successful interior designer who met John Meehan on the Internet and began a relationship with him that turned ugly. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "Everything We Know About Bravo's TV Adaptation of Dirty John," 15 Oct. 2018 But their eventual challengers must first survive GOP primaries, which have been particularly ugly. — Nicole Gaudiano, USA TODAY, "Primary voters to cast ballots Tuesday in West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina," 7 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ugly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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