# 24. Ugly |??gli| adjective ( -lier , -liest )
unpleasant in appearance. For example, “She thought her nose was so ugly she wanted to just lop it off!”
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• (of a situation or mood) involving or likely to involve violence or other unpleasantness. For example, “As soon as he said the words ‘big nose’ the mood in the room turned ugly.”
• unpleasantly suggestive. For example, “Ugly rumours persisted that she was not really a woman at all.”
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