| 词组 | ugly |
| 释义 | ugly /ˈʌɡli/ adjective (uglierugliest) 1. very unpleasant to look atnounsan ugly man/woman/girl/person The general was a big ugly man with a beard.an ugly face This will take the smile off his ugly face!an ugly building/town/place They lived in an ugly industrial town.an ugly stain/mark The wine made an ugly stain on the carpet.an ugly colour BrE an ugly color AmE The walls were painted in an ugly brown colour.an ugly scar The knife attack left him with an ugly scar running from his ear to his chin.an ugly monster/beast The story is about an ugly monster who falls in love with a beautiful princess.an ugly duckling (=an ugly person or thing – used especially about one that later becomes beautiful) Felicity revealed she was an ugly duckling and none of the boys at school wanted to kiss her.sb’s ugly mug informal (=someone’s ugly face) I never want to see his ugly mug again!adverbsreally/incredibly ugly I thought I was really ugly when I was a teenager.hideously ugly (=extremely ugly) His face was hideously ugly.sth is plain ugly/downright ugly (=very ugly – used when saying strongly that you dislike something) The yellow plastic chairs were just plain ugly.verbslook ugly Do you think the glasses make me look ugly?phrasesas ugly as sin (=extremely ugly) These dogs are as ugly as sin but some people find them appealing.the ugliest ... I’ve ever seen She was wearing the ugliest pair of shoes I’d ever seen.THESAURUS: ugly hideouscreature | monster | face | clothes | shirt | jacket | tie | shoes extremely ugly: The picture made her look like some kind of hideous monster. | His hideous face twisted into a smile. | Father was wearing a hideous orange tie with white dots. grotesquefigure | face | mask | creature | character | appearance | image | scene | imitation | parody | caricature extremely ugly, especially in a strange or unnatural way: His paintings are full of grotesque figures. | The dancers wore grotesque masks. | He looked like some grotesque character from a horror movie. | She sucked in her cheeks, in a grotesque imitation of a girl in a fashion magazine. revoltingcolour | mess | sight | man | woman extremely ugly, so that you almost feel sick – used especially when you strongly dislike someone or something: The door was painted a revolting purple colour. | They had left a revolting mess all over the floor. | His neck was covered in blood – it was a revolting sight. | He’s a nasty revolting little man. repulsiveface | man | woman | appearance extremely ugly – used especially when you feel you cannot look at someone or something: His repulsive face was hidden under a mass of black hair. | Women found him repulsive. | Snakes were repulsive to her. unattractiveman | woman | child | girl | place | location | town | building | colour | person | face | appearance not pleasant to look at. Unattractive sounds more formal and less strong than ugly: In the film she plays an unattractive woman who is trying to find a husband. | They lived in an unattractive modern town. | The water was an unattractive green colour. | They want to improve the unattractive appearance of the city. | She found him physically unattractive. unsightly formalbuilding | mark | stain | spot | hair | pile | appearance unpleasant to look at, and spoiling the appearance of something: The old city is now full of unsightly office buildings. | The cream is useful for hiding unsightly marks on the skin. | Unsightly red spots started to appear on her face. | Unsightly hair can be removed using laser treatment. | There were unsightly piles of litter in the driveway. | People complained about the unsightly general appearance of the pylons. plainwoman | girl | face a plain woman or girl is not beautiful or attractive: The photograph was of a plain round-faced woman. | She was a plain girl with orange hair and glasses. | Her rather plain face was white with tension. homely AmEwoman | girl | man | face a homely person is not beautiful or attractive: The door was opened by a large homely woman. | He stared at the homely face of his grandmother.If something looks ugly and spoils the view, you can say that it is an eyesore or a blot on the landscape: The wind farm is a blot on the landscape.ANTONYMS → beautiful2. frightening because people are behaving in a violent way, or are likely to become violentnounsan ugly situation/incident It was a very ugly situation and people could have been hurt.ugly scenes There were ugly scenes outside the courtroom.an ugly argument/dispute/quarrel They became involved in an ugly dispute with their neighbours about who owned the land.an ugly fight/confrontation The meeting ended in an ugly confrontation between demonstrators and the police.an ugly atmosphere There was an ugly atmosphere at the game.verbsbecome ugly also get/turn ugly more informal We decided to leave before things got ugly. |
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