Definitions
Unpleasant to look at, unattractive, or morally unpleasant.
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug + -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300.
Used in a sentence
“the ugly view of his deformed crimes”
“O, I have passed a miserable night, / So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.”
“In Athens he looked up from his ouzo at what he called the ugliest people in the world.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Unattractive”4 letters
02“Hard to look at”4 letters
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