Ugly synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
having a face that would stop a clock
Ill-favored
Horrible to see, hear, etc.; very ugly or revolting; dreadful
Causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting.
Not sightly; not pleasant to look at; ugly
bad-looking
Ill-favored
horse-faced
Ill-favored
Changed as in form or shape, esp., changed to such an extent as to be misshapen, disfigured, or ugly
Not good-looking or handsome; unattractive
Characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre
Highly offensive; sickening, abominable
Full of or blocked up with dirt or foreign objects
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Ill-favored
Resistant or impervious to a substance. Often used in combination:
Straightforward; frank or candid:
The definition of monstrous is something horrible or evil, like a monster, or something that is extremely large.
Causing consternation or dismay; frightful:
attitude (related)
Having or showing a bad temper
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Resistant to authority or discipline; recalcitrant.
Shocking; terrible
Causing abhorrence or disgust.
Having coarse, cruel, stern, or harsh features
unprepossessing
Unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.
Not seemly; not decent or proper; unbecoming; indecorous
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Badly shaped; deformed
Having an ugly or unattractive face.
unpleasant (related)
Not pleasant; offensive; disagreeable
pleasant (antonym)
Pleasing in manner, behavior, or appearance.
looking a mess
Ill-favored
Degrading; low; mean
Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.
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Hard to read or make out because cramped or irregular
Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view.
Something monstrous
ugly as sin
Deserving of contempt:
Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
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nice (antonym)
Having a pleasant or attractive appearance:
safe (antonym)
Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
kind (antonym)
Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
Causing anger, displeasure, or resentment:
Not conducive to good health; unhealthy:
Not raised or leavened.
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Volatile, very active or unpredictable.
Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms
Characterized by violent emotions, passions, speech, or actions:
Characterized by violent emotions or actions; tumultuous:
The definition of tumultuous is having great disturbance, uproar, chaos or noise.
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
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Likely to snap or bite, as a dog.
(Informal) Rapid and without delay.
Irritable; touchy; peevish
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
A mess hall.
Sudden intense fear, as of something immediately threatening.
(Slang, figuratively) friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; sneaky.
Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking:
Having an effect like that of a heavy blow or shock; staggering
Making or implying threats:
The definition of turbulent is something characterized by chaos, confusion, disorder or conflict.
Bad-tempered; snappish
Causing repugnance; gruesome.
looking a fright
Ill-favored
looking like the devil or deuce
Ill-favored
Unpleasant or annoying:
Feeling nausea; nauseated
Causing nausea; nauseous.
Having a bad odor; foul-smelling
Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
Obscene or indecent:
Base; ignoble; mean
Argumentative; belligerent; contentious; given to quarreling.
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
The definition of bellicose is someone or something aggressive and eager or willing to fight.
Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
Characterized by extreme emotion, especially anger:
Characterized by violence or crime:
Turbulent; agitated.
Having or showing a bad temper
Characterized by or causing trouble or anxiety.
Not appealing to the senses, as in appearance, taste, or aroma:
unbeauteous
Having or showing a bad temper
unesthetic
Alternative spelling of unaesthetic.
Of a poor or mean character; dismal:
Abhorrence; disgust.
delicate (antonym)
Fine or soft in touch or skill:
pleasing (antonym)
Giving pleasure; pleasant; agreeable; gratifying
Untamed; not domesticated.
Alternative spelling of bad-tempered.
(Archaic) Causing harm; unfavorable
Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.
In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
Surly and peevish; cranky.
Having a bad temper; irritable.
Characterized by or resulting from anger.
Easily exasperated or excited.
Showing ill humor or impatience, as a glance or remark
The act or fact of seeing:
like (related)
Having almost or exactly the same qualities, characteristics, etc.; similar; equal
pain (related)
Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings
calm (related)
Not agitated or excited; tranquil
Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.
Not deserving
Without worth or merit; useless, valueless, etc.
awful (related)
stupid (related)
unkempt (related)
untidy (related)
ghastly (related)
not fit to be seen
Ill-favored
(Slang) Strikingly good, effective, or skillful:
Rude, harsh, mean, scathing, etc.
(colloq.) crossgrained
Having or showing a bad temper
The definition of bad is something that is wrong in some way, something that is not working properly, or has negative qualities.
Of, like, or characteristic of a beast; bestial, brutal, etc.
Having eccentric ways; odd.
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby:
The definition of gloomy is dark, depressing or dim.
Requiring serious thought; important; weighty
grewsome
1918, Randall Parrish, Wolves of the Sea:
Unmitigated in any way; utter:
hard-visaged
Having or showing a bad temper
inaffable
Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
Of or serving as an omen; esp., having the character of an evil omen; threatening; sinister
Difficult to melt or work; resistant to heat:
Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive:
(Obs.) Baleful; threatening
Gloomy and threatening
The definition of terrible is someone or something extreme, very bad or something that causes fear.
attractive (antonym)
The definition of attractive is rousing interest and pleasure, especially in terms of physical looks.
lovely (antonym)
Shakespeare
Extremely unpleasant; repulsive:
graceful (antonym)
Having grace, or beauty of form, composition, movement, or expression; elegant
dainty (antonym)
Of or showing delicate and refined taste; fastidious
complaisant (antonym)
(Archaic) polite, showing respect
(Mathematics) The side or face of a geometric figure to which an altitude is or is thought to be drawn. The base can be, but is not always, the bottom part of the figure.
Having a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition.
Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious.
(Computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice
reasonable (antonym)
Capable of reasoning; rational:
handsome (antonym)
(Of a woman) Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not typically beautiful.
mild (antonym)
Not severe or acute:
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