UGLYING
Verb
uglying
present participle of ugly
Source: Wiktionary
UGLY
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