Xấu xí; khó chịu (khi nhìn, nghe thấy)

as ugly as sin

xấu như ma

to grow ugly

xấu đi

Xấu xa, đáng sợ, gở; thù địch, đe doạ

ugly news

tin xấu, tin gở

ugly weather

tiết trời xấu

an ugly customer

(thông tục) một gã khó chơi

an ugly duckling

người có tài ngầm

Adj.

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 houseswere demolished and replaced by ugly tower-blocks.

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 thecentury. He sprang from his seat with an ugly curse on hislips. 3 disquieting, uncomfortable, discomforting, troublesome,awkward, disadvantageous, ominous, dangerous, perilous,hazardous: He found himself in a very ugly position, with noapparent 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'shad his coffee.

Adj.

(uglier, ugliest) 1 unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear(an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl).

Unpleasantlysuggestive; discreditable (ugly rumours are about).

Threatening, dangerous (the sky has an ugly look).

Morallyrepulsive; vile (ugly vices).

Uglily adv. ugliness n. [ME f. ON uggligr to be dreaded f.ugga to dread]