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How to pronounce “ugly”
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Pronunciation guide for ugly
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ugly with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life
cepacia reared its ugly head again
- Definition summary
- Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce ugly
Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life
cepacia reared its ugly head again
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ugly”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
- Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
- Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
- (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
- (figuratively, derogatory) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
- [Noun]
- (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
- (slang) An ugly person or thing.
- (logistics, informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
- (UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).
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