ugly
英英释意
- 1. displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;
- "an ugly face"
- "ugly furniture"
- "war is ugly"
- 2. deficient in beauty;
- "ugly gray slums"
- 3. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
- "a surly waiter"
- "an ugly frame of mind"
- 4. morally reprehensible;
- "would do something as despicable as murder"
- "ugly crimes"
- "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
- 5. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
- "a baleful look"
- "forbidding thunderclouds"
- "his tone became menacing"
- "ominous rumblings of discontent"
- "sinister storm clouds"
- "a sinister smile"
- "his threatening behavior"
- "ugly black clouds"
- "the situation became ugly"
- 6. 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"