Meaning

4 senses

  1. (slang, uncountable)Ugliness.

  2. (countable, slang, uncountable)An ugly person or thing.

    Bratze, Kackbratze, Schreckschraube

  3. (countable, informal, uncountable)Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.

  4. (UK, countable, dated, informal, uncountable)A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.

Examples

653 sentences

  1. She was wearing an ugly dress.

    На ній була огидна сукня. — aandrusiak

    ruОна носила безобразное платье. — sharptoothed

    deSie trug ein hässliches Kleid. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Tom said that Mary was ugly.

    Том сказав, що Мері негарна. — deniko

    ruТом сказал, что Мэри некрасивая. — marafon

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  3. I know that Tom is ugly.

    Я знаю, що Том потворний. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том некрасив. — marafon

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  4. That ugly man has a beautiful wife.

    Той потворний чоловік має прекрасну дружину. — deniko

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  5. Tom told me he thought Mary was ugly.

    Том сказав мені, що він вважає Мері негарною. — deniko

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
ugly person:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fear

Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug + -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300.

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Forms

plural: uglies
Singularugly
Pluraluglies

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • an an ugly
  • ugliest dress
  • is really ugly
  • really ugly
  • get ugly
  • to get ugly
  • to be ugly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
udonufoughuglinessUkrainianA2ukuleleulcer

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