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   Ugly , a. [Compar. Uglier ; superl. Ugliest.] [Icel. uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to fear) + -ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). .  Cf. Awe.]
   Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
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   The ugly view of his deformed crimes.
   Spenser.
   
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   Like the toad, ugly and venomous.
   Shak.
   
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   O, I have passed a miserable night,
   So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
   Shak.
   
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   Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]
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   Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer. [Colloq.]
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   Ugly , n. A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.]
   C. Kingsley.
   
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   Ugly, v. t. To make ugly. [R.]
   Richardson.
   
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