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ugly
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ugly \Ug"ly\, n. A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ugly \Ug"ly\, v. t. To make ugly. [R.] --Richardson. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ugly \Ug"ly\, a. [Compar. Uglier; superl. Ugliest.] [Icel. uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) + -ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). ??. Cf. Awe.] 1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed. [1913 Webster] The ugly view of his deformed crimes. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Like the toad, ugly and venomous. --Shak. [1913 Webster] O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] 3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
