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Meaning of ugly

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ugly
      adj 1: displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly
             furniture" [ant: {beautiful}]
      2: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
         "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" [syn: {surly},
         {ugly}]
      3: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
         murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
         appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: {despicable},
         {ugly}, {vile}, {slimy}, {unworthy}, {worthless}, {wretched}]
      4: provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a
         frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even
         horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"-
         Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" [syn: {atrocious},
         {frightful}, {horrifying}, {horrible}, {ugly}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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