Coffee has initially been a food â chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
UGLY
atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
(adjective) provoking horror; âan atrocious automobile accidentâ; âa frightful crime of decapitationâ; âan alarming, even horrifying, pictureâ; âwar is beyond all words horribleâ- Winston Churchill; âan ugly woundâ
ugly
(adjective) displeasing to the senses; âan ugly faceâ; âugly furnitureâ
despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
(adjective) morally reprehensible; âwould do something as despicable as murderâ; âugly crimesâ; âthe vile development of slavery appalled themâ; âa slimy little liarâ
surly, ugly
(adjective) inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; âa surly waiterâ; âan ugly frame of mindâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ugly (comparative uglier, superlative ugliest)
Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
Synonyms
• (displeasing to the eye): hideous, homely, repulsive, unattractive, uncomely, unsightly
• (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): displeasing, repulsive, unattractive
• (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): corrupt, immoral, vile
• See also ugly
Antonyms
• (displeasing to the eye): attractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, sightly
• (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): attractive, pleasing
• (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): moral
Noun
ugly (countable and uncountable, plural uglies)
(slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
(slang) An ugly person or thing.
(UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
Verb
ugly (third-person singular simple present uglies, present participle uglying, simple past and past participle uglied)
(transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).
Anagrams
• guly
Source: Wiktionary
Ug"ly, a. [Compar. Uglier; superl. Ugliest.] Etym: [Icel. uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) + -ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). Awe.]
1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed. The ugly view of his deformed crimes. Spenser. Like the toad, ugly and venomous. Shak. O, I have passed a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams. Shak.
2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]
3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.]
Ug"ly, n.
Definition: A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
Ug"ly, v. t.
Definition: To make ugly. [R.] Richardson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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