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Ugly vs. Pretty

Ugly and Pretty Definitions

Ugly

Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.

Pretty

Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way.

Ugly

Repulsive or offensive; objectionable
An ugly remark.

Pretty

Clever; adroit
A pretty maneuver.

Ugly

Chiefly Southern US Rude
Don't be ugly with me.

Pretty

Very bad; terrible
In a pretty predicament.
A situation that has reached a pretty pass.
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Ugly

New England Unmanageable. Used of animals, especially cows or horses.

Pretty

Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction
Full of pretty phrases.

Ugly

Morally reprehensible; bad.

Pretty

(Informal) Considerable in size or extent
A pretty fortune.

Ugly

Threatening or ominous
Ugly black clouds.

Pretty

To a fair degree; moderately
A pretty good student.
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Ugly

Likely to cause embarrassment or trouble
"Public opinion in both nations could take an ugly turn" (George R. Packard).

Pretty

In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.

Ugly

Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable
An ugly temper.
An ugly scene.

Pretty

One that is pretty.

Ugly

One that is ugly.

Pretty

Pretties Delicate clothing, especially lingerie.
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Ugly

Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.

Pretty

To make pretty
Pretty up the house.

Ugly

Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.

Pretty

Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.

Ugly

Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
He played an ugly trick on us.

Pretty

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

Ugly

(Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
An ugly temper; to feel ugly

Pretty

Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.

Ugly

Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
An ugly rumour; an ugly customer; an ugly wound
With all this competition, expect things to get ugly.

Pretty

Cunning; clever, skilful.

Ugly

Ugliness.

Pretty

(dated) Moderately large; considerable.

Ugly

(slang) An ugly person or thing.

Pretty

(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).

Ugly

Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.

Pretty

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.

Ugly

A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.

Pretty

Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

Ugly

To make ugly (sometimes with up).

Pretty

(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Ugly

Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
The ugly view of his deformed crimes.
Like the toad, ugly and venomous.
O, I have passed a miserable night,So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.

Pretty

A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.

Ugly

Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.

Pretty

Something that is pretty.
We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.

Ugly

Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.

Pretty

To make pretty; to beautify

Ugly

A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.

Pretty

Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.
This is the prettiest lowborn lass that everRan on the greensward.

Ugly

To make ugly.

Pretty

Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.

Ugly

Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;
An ugly face
Ugly furniture
War is ugly

Pretty

Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense.
The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world.

Ugly

Deficient in beauty;
Ugly gray slums

Pretty

Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.

Ugly

Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
A surly waiter
An ugly frame of mind

Pretty

Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
[He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome.

Ugly

Morally reprehensible;
Would do something as despicable as murder
Ugly crimes
The vile development of slavery appalled them

Pretty

In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian.

Ugly

Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
A baleful look
Forbidding thunderclouds
His tone became menacing
Ominous rumblings of discontent
Sinister storm clouds
A sinister smile
His threatening behavior
Ugly black clouds
The situation became ugly

Pretty

Pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;
Pretty girl
Pretty song
Pretty room

Ugly

Provoking horror;
An atrocious automobile accident
A frightful crime of decapitation
An alarming, even horrifying, picture
War is beyond all words horrible
An ugly wound

Pretty

(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;
A pretty mess
A pretty kettle of fish

Pretty

Used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);
Pretty big
Pretty bad
Jolly decent of him

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