Ugly vs. Pretty

Ugly vs. Pretty — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Ugly and Pretty

Uglyadjective

Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.

Prettyadjective

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

Uglyadjective

Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.

Prettyadjective

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

Uglyadjective

Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.

He played an ugly trick on us.

Prettyadjective

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

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Uglyadjective

Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.

an ugly temper; to feel ugly

Prettyadjective

Cunning; clever, skilful.

Uglyadjective

Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.

an ugly rumour; an ugly customer; an ugly woundWith all this competition, expect things to get ugly.

Prettyadjective

(dated) Moderately large; considerable.

Uglyadjective

displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;

an ugly faceugly furniturewar is ugly

Prettyadjective

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

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Uglyadjective

deficient in beauty;

ugly gray slums

Prettyadjective

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.

Uglyadjective

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;

a surly waiteran ugly frame of mind

Prettyadverb

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

Uglyadjective

morally reprehensible;

would do something as despicable as murderugly crimesthe vile development of slavery appalled them

Prettyadverb

(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Uglyadjective

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

a baleful lookforbidding thundercloudshis tone became menacingominous rumblings of discontentsinister storm cloudsa sinister smilehis threatening behaviorugly black cloudsthe situation became ugly

Prettynoun

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

Uglyadjective

provoking horror;

an atrocious automobile accidenta frightful crime of decapitationan alarming, even horrifying, picturewar is beyond all words horriblean ugly wound

Prettynoun

Something that is pretty.

"We'll stop at the knife store a look at the sharp pretties.''

Prettyverb

To make pretty; to beautify

Prettyadjective

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;

pretty girlpretty songpretty room

Prettyadjective

(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;

a pretty messa pretty kettle of fish

Prettyadverb

used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);

pretty bigpretty badjolly decent of him