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Synonyms for ugly

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  1. Ill-favored

    unsightly, loathsome, hideous, homely, repulsive, unseemly, uncomely, deformed, bad-looking, plain, disfigured, monstrous, foul, horrid, frightful, revolting, repellent, unlovely, appalling, haglike, misshapen, misbegotten, hard-featured, grisly, unprepossessing, horse-faced*, having a face that would stop a clock*, looking a mess*, looking a fright*, looking like the devil or deuce*, not fit to be seen*.

    Antonyms handsome, beautiful*, graceful.

  2. Unpleasant

    nasty, nauseous, nauseating*, noisome, disagreeable, disgusting, odious, revolting, repellent, repulsive, sorry, vile, dirty, filthy, sordid, messy, sickening, foul; see also unpleasant.

    Antonyms nice*, dainty, agreeable.

  3. Dangerous

    pugnacious, quarrelsome, obnoxious, bellicose, rough, disagreeable, cantankerous, violent, vicious, evil, sinister, treacherous, wicked, formidable, truculent.

    Antonyms mild*, reasonable, complaisant.

See ugly in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms

See ugly in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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