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Inflections of 'ugly' (adj):

uglier: adj comparative

ugliest: adj superlative

Collocations for "ugly"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ugly" in context.

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ugly

adj

an ugly [dog, baby, man, duckling]
[have, pull] an ugly face
the ugly [truth, reality]
an ugly [scene, killing, expression]
is too ugly to [look at, love, watch]
ugly and [stupid, poor, fat]
[very, really, pretty, downright] ugly
[hideously, so, butt, pug-] ugly
that is just plain ugly
that was rather ugly
always being called ugly
[that, the war, the discussion] (quickly) turned ugly
the fight [got, turned] ugly
(have an) ugly cry
has an ugly mug

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'ugly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

art - bad - beautiful - bloke - boiler - cardigan - face - freckle - good - hag - layout - mug - nice - rear - shit - sprawl - sweater - that - troll - underwear - wrench

Forum discussions with the word(s) "ugly" in the title:

“Naturalness cannot be ugly” - English Only forum
a dictator’s ugly vaunt, <but> one that recognized - English Only forum
a hair on the good side of ugly - English Only forum
a person who tries to avoid unpleasant and ugly things or situations in life - English Only forum
Ah! How ugly she is! - English Only forum
all went by ugly, ugly, ugly, followed by the plaster-and-gilt horror - English Only forum
an ugly brick-red - English Only forum
An ugly daughter-in-law - English Only forum
an ugly lot of - English Only forum
"an ugly villain" - English Only forum
an ugly woman/ an ugly - English Only forum
An ugly, old, yellow tin bucket stood beside the stove. - English Only forum
And youse ugly enough to git behind a tombstone and hatch hants - English Only forum
arch their ugly backs - English Only forum
as dazzling as its countryside ugly - English Only forum
be rude [in] calling someone ugly - English Only forum
Beautiful outside ugly inside - English Only forum
bloody ugly with it - English Only forum
butt-ugly - English Only forum
could we say "Mr.fat","Mr.ugly" or something like that - English Only forum
dog ugly - English Only forum
"don't get ugly" - English Only forum
even though/when/if she is so ugly, why do you love her? - English Only forum
Everything else was on a spectrum from coyote ugly to shield - English Only forum
fabulous/ugly - English Only forum
far more ugly or far more uglier - English Only forum
Ferrera found success as "ugly" Betty. - English Only forum
get ugly - English Only forum
Get ugly: get bad, unpleasant or violent - English Only forum
God don't like ugly and he ain't crazy about pretty...so don't think you can't get it - English Only forum
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