Definition of ugly

"ugly" in the adjective sense

1. ugly

displeasing to the senses

"an ugly face"

"ugly furniture"

2. surly, ugly

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace

"a surly waiter"

"an ugly frame of mind"

3. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched

morally reprehensible

"would do something as despicable as murder"

"ugly crimes"

"the vile development of slavery appalled them"

"a slimy little liar"

4. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly

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"

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Quotations for ugly

Old women's gold is not ugly. [ Proverb ]

That ugly treason of mistrust. [ William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice ]

A pretty pig makes an ugly old sow. [ Proverb ]

Nothing is irredeemably ugly but sin. [ Balzac ]

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind. [ James Ellis ]

Sweet are the uses of adversity:
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. [ William Shakespeare ]

There are no fine prisons, nor ugly loves. [ Proverb ]

Oh! I have pass'd a miserable night.
So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
That, as I am a Christian faithful man,
I would not spend another such a night
Though 'twere to buy a world of happy days. [ William Shakespeare ]

Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar. [ Emerson ]

So I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face. [ Yogi Berra ]

Ugly women, finely dressed, are the uglier for it. [ Proverb ]

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. [ Cervantes ]

Masked balls are a merciful institution for ugly people.

If all the world were ugly, deformity would be no monster. [ Proverb ]

There is no pot so ugly that a cover cannot be found for it. [ Proverb ]

A virtuous woman, though ugly, is the ornament of the house. [ Proverb ]

Better never have been handsome when young, than ugly when old. [ Proverb ]

May no good Christian ever see an ugly woman that affects niceness. [ Proverb ]

She is not so ugly as to fright one, nor so beautiful as to kill one. [ Proverb ]

An ugly woman in a rich habit set out with jewels nothing can become. [ Dryden ]

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the affectation of the fine gentleman. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. [ Alexander Smith ]

A large head of hair adds beauty to a good face, and terror to an ugly one. [ Lycurgus ]

There are no ugly women; there are only women who do not know how to look pretty. [ Antoine Berryer ]

An ugly face and the want of exterior beauty generally increases the interior beauty. [ Chatfield ]

It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

The cripple, tardy-gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away. [ Shakespeare ]

A beloved face cannot grow ugly, because, not flesh and complexion, but expression, created love. [ Richter ]

To make love when one is young and fair is a venial sin: it is a mortal sin when one is old and ugly. [ De Bernis ]

I do not know that she was virtuous; but she was always ugly, and with a woman, that is half the battle. [ Heinrich Heine ]

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough. [ H. W. Shaw ]

Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty. [ Chesterfield ]

Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it. [ Wycherley ]

A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape; it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one. [ Lavater ]

Style is the physiognomy of the mind. It is more infallible than that of the body. To imitate the style of another is said to be wearing a mask. However beautiful it may be, it is through its lifelessness insipid and intolerable, so that even the most ugly living face is more engaging. [ Schopenhauer ]

Great art dwells in all that is beautiful; but false art omits or changes all that is ugly. Great art accepts Nature as she is, but directs the eyes and thoughts to what is most perfect in her; false art saves itself the trouble of direction by removing or altering whatever is objectionable. [ John Ruskin ]

ugly in Scrabble®

The word ugly is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters ugly:

UGLY
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word ugly

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The 51 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In ugly

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ugly in Words With Friends™

The word ugly is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters ugly:

UGLY
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word ugly

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The 56 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In ugly

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Words within the letters of ugly

3 letter words in ugly (2 words)

4 letter words in ugly (1 word)

ugly + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence ugly

Words that start with ugly (1 word)

Words with ugly in them (1 word)

Words that end with ugly (3 words)

Word Growth involving ugly

Shorter words in ugly

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Longer words containing ugly

smugly

snugly