displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
Used in a Sentence
ugly
How to use ugly in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ugly.
Editorial note
[0] Because it's pug ugly, not because of the solar death ray thing, that's quite amusing really.
Examples8
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of ugly gathered in one view.
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for ugly.
adjective
displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
adjective
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
See also: surly
adjective
morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
See also: despicable, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
adjective
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"
See also: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible
Example sentences
[0] Because it's pug ugly, not because of the solar death ray thing, that's quite amusing really.
This one was growing in magnitude and things were starting to get ugly at the company.
Call the baby ugly if you must, but at least propose something that hasn't already been tried and shown not to solve the problem.
But I think it's important to use ugly people with weird names in your designs to gauge how it will actually look in production!
People have been saying things like "it's a dumb trend", "horrible UX", "so ugly", etc. For a skeleton starter template like this, flat is good.
When you first invent the mobile radio people laugh at you, because you are a ham radio geek and you carry around some big ugly boxes in a van.
The stock icons look outright ugly; interfaces like the call-answer screen and the calculator look poorly designed, and everything has the sense that it just needs another run or two through the review process.
I've cobbled together my own rc daemon scripts from time to time; I'm not sure how that will work with systemd. I'm also seeing lots of ugly and persistent problems in NetworkMangler and whatever they're using for core audio these days; I'm a little gobsmacked that, rather than fixing those problems, some people decided to replace the init system.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use ugly in a sentence?
[0] Because it's pug ugly, not because of the solar death ray thing, that's quite amusing really.
What does ugly mean?
displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
What part of speech is ugly?
ugly is commonly used as adjective.