ugly

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• /ˈʌɡli/
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• /ˈɜɡli/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
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• /ˈɘ̞ɡli/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
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• rhymes with -ʌɡli
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• homophone: ugli
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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. For the meaning development compare Bulgarian грозен (grozen) (< Proto-Slavic *grozьnъ), Russian стра́шный (strášnyj) (< Proto-Slavic *strašьnъ < *straxъ); Latin foedus (< Proto-Indo-European *bheyh2-).

244 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: lelik — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Arabic: قَبِيح (qabīḥ) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Arabic: بَشِع (bašiʕ) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Arabic: شنيع (šanīʕ) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Arabic: بشع (bišiʕ) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Arabic: وِحِش (wiḥiš) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Arabic: خايب (ḵāyib) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Arabic: بشع (bišeʕ) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Arabic: بشع — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Sudanese Arabic: قَرَض (garaḍ) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Armenian: տգեղ (tgeġ) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Armenian: գեշ (geš) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Asturian: feu — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Azerbaijani: çirkin — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Azerbaijani: eybəcər — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Basque: itsusi — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Basque: zatar — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Basque: ezain — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Belarusian: пачва́рны (pačvárny) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Belarusian: бры́дкі (brýdki) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Bengali: বিশ্রী (bisri) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Central Bikol: makanos — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Bulgarian: гро́зен (grózen) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Burmese: အကျည်းတန် (a.kyany:tan) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Catalan: lleig — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chamicuro: mache'c̈homa — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chechen: ирча (irča) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Cherokee: ᎤᏁᎩᎸᏗ (unegilvdi) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chichewa: wonyansa — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Cantonese: 樣衰 /样衰 — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Cantonese: 醜樣 /丑样 — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Cantonese: 肉酸 (juk6 syun1) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Cantonese: 醜怪 /丑怪 (cau2 gwaai3) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Cantonese: 核突 (wat6 dat6) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Cantonese: 醜陋 /丑陋 (cau2 lau6) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Mandarin: 難看 /难看 (nánkàn) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Mandarin: 醜 /丑 (chǒu) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Mandarin: 媸 (chī) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Chinese Mandarin: 醜陋 /丑陋 (chǒulòu) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Czech: ošklivý — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Czech: škaredý — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Dalmatian: brot — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Danish: grim — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Dutch: lelijk — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Elfdalian: liuot — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Esperanto: malbela — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Estonian: inetu — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Faroese: ljótur — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Finnish: ruma — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• French: laid — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• French: moche — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• French: vilain — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Galician: feo — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Galician: laido — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Georgian: უშნო (ušno) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• German: hässlich — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• German: häßlich (pre-1996) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• German: unschön — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Greek: άσχημος (áschimos) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ancient Greek: δυσειδής (duseidḗs) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ancient Greek: αἰσχρός (aiskhrós) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Greenlandic: pinniitsoq — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Mbya Guarani: vaikue — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Haitian Creole: lèd — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Hausa: mummuna — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Hawaiian: pupuka — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Hebrew: מכוער \ מְכֹעָר (mekhoár) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Higaonon: madaut — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Hindi: असुंदर (asundar) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Hindi: कुरूप (kurūp) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Hindi: बदसूरत (badsūrat) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Central Huishui Hmong: dab tuag — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Hungarian: csúnya — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Hungarian: ronda — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Icelandic: ljótur — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ido: leda — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Igbo: jọrọ njọ — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Indonesian: odoh — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ingrian: ruma — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ingush: ийрча (iı̇rča) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Irish: gránna — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Italian: brutto — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Italian: laido — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Japanese: 醜い (minikui) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Japanese: 見苦しい (migurushii) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Japanese: 格好悪い (kakkowarui) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Javanese: ala — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Kaitag: ерши (erši) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Kazakh: кейіпсіз (keiıpsız) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Kazakh: көріксіз (körıksız) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Khmer: ក្រញូស (krɑɑñouh) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Korean: 추악하다 (chuakhada) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Korean: 못생기다 (motsaenggida) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Krio: wɔwɔ — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Central Kurdish: ناشیرین (naşîrîn) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Central Kurdish: ناحەز (naḧez) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Kyrgyz: керксүз (kerksüz) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Lao: ຫນ້າກຽດ (na kiad) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Lao: ຫນ້າກຽດ (nā kīat) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Latin: dēfōrmis — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Latin: foedus — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Latin: turpis — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Latvian: neglīts — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Lithuanian: baisus — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Luxembourgish: ellent — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Macedonian: грд (grd) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Malagasy: ratsy tarehy — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Malay: hodoh — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Malay: buruk — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Malay: odoh — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Maltese: ikrah — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Maltese: kerha — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Maltese: koroh — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Minangkabau: buruak — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Central Sierra Miwok: heceŋ·-a- — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Mòcheno: scheila — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Mongolian: муухай (muuxaj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Mongolian: зэвүүн (zevüün) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Nepali: नराम्रो (narāmro) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Nepali: कुरूप (kurūp) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Nheengatu: puxiwera — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Norman: laid — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Norwegian Bokmål: stygg — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Norwegian Bokmål: frastøtende — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stygg — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: støgg — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fråstøytande — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Occitan: lag — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ojibwe: maanaadad — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Old English: unfæġer — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Persian: زشت (zešt) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Persian: بیریخت (bi-rixt) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Persian: بدقیافه (bad-qiyâfe) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Plautdietsch: eizhich — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Polish: brzydki — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Portuguese: feio — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Romanian: urât — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Romansh: trid — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Romansh: maltgiert — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Russian: безобра́зный (bezobráznyj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Russian: уро́дливый (uródlivyj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Russian: некраси́вый (nekrasívyj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Russian: стра́шный (strášnyj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Northern Sami: ropmi — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Northern Sami: fasti — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Sanskrit: अश्रीर (aśrīra) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Scottish Gaelic: grànnda — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Serbo-Croatian: ружан — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Serbo-Croatian: ružan — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Serbo-Croatian: grd — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Serbo-Croatian: gadan — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Shona: shata — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Sicilian: bruttu — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Sicilian: làdiu — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Slovak: škaredý — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Slovene: gŕd — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Upper Sorbian: hrozny — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Upper Sorbian: wohidny — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Upper Sorbian: nješwarny — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Sotho: mobe — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Spanish: feo — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Swedish: ful — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Tajik: зишт (zišt) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Thai: น่าเกลียด (nâa-glìiat) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Turkish: çirkin — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ukrainian: бридки́й (brydkýj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ukrainian: потво́рний (potvórnyj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ukrainian: пога́ний (pohányj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ukrainian: нега́рний (nehárnyj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Ukrainian: некраси́вий (nekrasývyj) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Unami: xahinakwsi — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Urdu: بدسورت (badsūrat) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Uzbek: yomon — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Uzbek: xunuk — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Vietnamese: xấu — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Vietnamese: xấu xí — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Walloon: laid — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Walloon: laide — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Walloon: laidès — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Welsh: hyll — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Yiddish: מיאוס (mies) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Yiddish: מבֿוזה (mevuze) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Yiddish: העסלעך (heslekh) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Yiddish: ברידקע (bridke) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Yiddish: וורעדנע (vredne) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Yiddish: פּאַסקודנע (paskudne) — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Yoruba: ilosiwaju — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Zhuang: yakyawj — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Zulu: ngimubi — displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing
• Afrikaans: lelik — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Chinese Cantonese: 難聽 /难听 (naan4 teng1) — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Chinese Cantonese: 肉酸 (juk6 syun1) — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Chinese Mandarin: 難聽 /难听 (nántīng) — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Danish: grim — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Danish: ubehagelig — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Esperanto: malplaĉa — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Finnish: ruma — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Finnish: paha — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Hungarian: csúnya — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Irish: gránna — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Italian: sgradevole — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Norwegian Bokmål: stygg — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Norwegian Bokmål: ekkel — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Norwegian Bokmål: vemmelig — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stygg — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Norwegian Nynorsk: støgg — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ekkel — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vemjeleg — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vemmeleg — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Old English: unfæġer — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Romanian: neplăcut — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Scottish Gaelic: grànnda — displeasing to the ear or some other sense
• Danish: væmmelig — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Danish: modbydelig — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Esperanto: fia — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Finnish: ruma — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• French: vilain — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Indonesian: buruk — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Indonesian: jelek — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Irish: gránna — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Latin: dēfōrmis — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Norwegian Bokmål: vemmelig — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Norwegian Bokmål: vond — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Norwegian Bokmål: stygg — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vemmeleg — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vond — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stygg — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Scottish Gaelic: grànnda — offensive to one's sensibilities or morality
• Esperanto: malbelulo — ugly person
• Esperanto: malbelulino — ugly person
• German: Bratze — ugly person
• German: Kackbratze — ugly person
• German: Schreckschraube — ugly person
• German: Vogelscheuche — ugly person
• Macedonian: грозник (groznik) — ugly person
• Norwegian Bokmål: stygging — ugly person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stygging — ugly person
• Spanish: callo — ugly person
• Spanish: callo malayo — ugly person
• Spanish: feo — ugly person
• Spanish: fea — ugly person
• Unami: xahinakwsit — ugly person
• Danish: øjebæ — ugly thing
• Esperanto: malbelaĵo — ugly thing