ugly

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʌgli/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈʌgli/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ug′lē)

Inflections of 'ugly' (adj):
uglier
adj comparative
ugliest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
ugly adj (not beautiful)feo/a adj
 James is nice, but ugly.
 James es agradable, pero feo.
ugly adj (disagreeable, objectionable)horrible adj mf
  desagradable adj mf
  feo/a adj
 The community was shocked to think that someone among them could have committed such an ugly act.
 La comunidad estaba sorprendida de que alguien entre ellos hubiera cometido un crimen tan horrible.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
ugly adj (weather, sea: dangerous, unpleasant)horrible adj mf
  espantoso/a adj
  malo/a adj
 Judging by the way the clouds were gathering, it was going to be an ugly night.
 Por las nubes que se estaban juntando, iba a ser una noche horrible.
ugly adj (violent)feo/a adj
 At first, it was a mild argument, but then it got ugly.
 En principio era una discusión moderada, pero luego se puso fea.
ugly adv US, informal (in an ugly way)de mala manera loc adv
 He talks to his wife really ugly sometimes.
 Él le habla de mala manera a su esposa a veces.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
pug-ugly adj UK, informal (ugly)feísimo adj
  muy feo loc adj
rear its head,
rear its ugly head v expr		 figurative (issue, problem: arise) (figurado)asomar la cabeza loc verb
  surgir⇒, aparecer⇒ vi
 When Rick and Daisy argue, the issue of money often rears its head.
 Cuando Rick y Daisy discuten, a menudo el asunto del dinero asoma la cabeza.
ugly duckling n figurative ([sb] ugly who becomes beautiful)patito feo nm
 As a child she was an ugly duckling but just look at her now!
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Era el patito feo de la clase.
ugly thing n informal, figurative ([sth] offensive or repellent)cosa fea nf + adj
  algo espantoso nm + adj
  asunto desagradable nm + adj
 Jealousy is an ugly thing.
 Los celos son una cosa fea.
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'ugly' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
average-looking - carbuncle - charmless - evil-looking - eyesore - fugly - grotesqueness - hag - hideous - hideously - horribly - ill-favored - ill-formed - look bad - minger - monstrous - munter - old bag - pug-ugly - shit - sight - ugly duckling - unattractive - unattractiveness - unsightliness - unsightly
Spanish:
callo - desengañado - fulero - malcarado - aborto - fiero - adefesio - afear - al pobre y al feo todo se les va en deseo - animalucho - avocastro - cardo - estropear - feo - floripondio - garambaina - horrible - horroroso - mala palabra - mico - monicongo - monigote - monstruo - muérgano - pajarraco - patito feo - petardo - ponerse color de hormiga - saltar a la palestra - sayón - vaya careto

Collocations: an ugly [dog, baby, man, duckling], [have, pull] an ugly face, the ugly [truth, reality], more...

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