ugly

🇺🇸 /ˈʌɡli/ 🇬🇧 /ˈʌɡli/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000
adjective
B1

not attractive or pleasing to look at

The old building looked ugly, but it had a lot of history.

B2

situations that become unpleasant or violent

The situation became ugly when the two teams started fighting.

translation

adj. not attractive or pleasing to look at; situations that become unpleasant or violent

Word Forms

Comparative uglier
Superlative ugliest