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unpleasant to look at<her first attempt at painting was pretty ugly—a portrait of her sister that was not at all flattering>Synonymsgrotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, unappealing, unattractive, unbeautiful, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly, vileRelated Wordsdisgusting, repugnant, repulsive, revolting; unimposing, unprepossessing, unimpressive; plain, unaesthetic, unbecoming, unshapelyNear Antonymsbecoming, bonny [chiefly British], cute, shapely; imposing, impressive, prepossessingAntonymsattractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, cute, fair, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, stunning, taking
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causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment<an ugly suggestion for controlling the overpopulation of deer in the area>— see offensive 1
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