ugly

Definition for ugly

adjective as in unattractive

Strongest matches

awful, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, unseemly, unsightly

Weak matches

animal, appalling, bad-looking, beastly, deformed, disfigured, foul, frightful, gross, hard-featured, homely, ill-favored, loathsome, misshapen, monstrous, not much to look at, plain, repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unbeautiful, uncomely, uninviting, unlovely, unprepossessing

adjective as in unpleasant, disagreeable

Strongest matches

dirty, disgusting, distasteful, hideous, horrid, messy, nasty, shocking, sordid, terrible, vile

Weak matches

base, despicable, filthy, foul, frightful, ignoble, low, low-down, mean, monstrous, nauseous, noisome, objectionable, odious, offensive, pesky, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, servile, sickening, sorry, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, wicked, wretched

adjective as in dangerous, threatening

Strongest matches

dark, evil, gloomy, nasty, ominous, rough, serious, sinister, vicious, violent

Weak matches

angry, bellicose, black, cantankerous, crabbed, crabby, disagreeable, dour, fell, forbidding, formidable, glum, grave, grievous, major, malevolent, menacing, morose, obnoxious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, saturnine, scowling, spiteful, sullen, surly, treacherous, truculent, wicked

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"It was a very important three points for us," Woltemade told Germany's RTL, adding that "in this atmosphere and in a bit of an ugly game, you have to win and we did well".

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