Definition of "ugly" in English

adjective

1. Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.

2. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.

3. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.

   • He played an ugly trick on us.

4. (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.

   • an ugly temper; to feel ugly

5. (figuratively, derogatory) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.

   • an ugly rumour; an ugly customer; an ugly wound
   • With all this competition, expect things to get ugly.

noun

1. (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.

2. (slang) An ugly person or thing.

3. (logistics, informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.

4. (UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.

verb

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).