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