ugly
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
displeasing to the senses
an ugly face
Related & opposite
- unattractive also see
- awkward also see
- displeasing also see
- beautiful antonym
- beauty attribute
- ugliness derivation
- disfigured similar to
- evil-looking similar to
- fugly similar to
- grotesque similar to
- hideous similar to
- ill-favored similar to
- scrofulous similar to
- unlovely similar to
- unsightly similar to
Sense 2 adjective
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
a surly waiter
Related & opposite
- pettishness derivation
- ill-natured similar to
Sense 3 adjective
morally reprehensible
would do something as despicable as murder
Related & opposite
- loathsomeness derivation
- unworthiness derivation
- baseness derivation
- vileness derivation
- evil similar to
Sense 4 adjective
provoking horror
an atrocious automobile accident
Related & opposite
- frightfulness derivation
- alarming similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unattractive |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | awkward |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | displeasing |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | beautiful |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | beauty |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ugliness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | disfigured |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | evil-looking |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | fugly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | grotesque |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hideous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | ill-favored |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | scrofulous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unlovely |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsightly |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pettishness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ill-natured |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | loathsomeness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | unworthiness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | baseness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vileness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | evil |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | frightfulness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | alarming |