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Ugly
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make ugly. [R.] Richardson.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed. The ugly view of his deformed crimes. Spenser. Like the toad, ugly and venomous. Shak. O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. Shak.
2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]
3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.]