Ugly vs. Pretty
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.
Uglyadjective
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
an ugly temper; to feel uglyPrettyadjective
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 uglyPrettyadjective
(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
Uglyadjective
deficient in beauty;
ugly gray slumsPrettyadjective
(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.
Uglyadjective
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
a surly waiteran ugly frame of mindPrettyadverb
Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
Uglyadjective
morally reprehensible;
would do something as despicable as murderugly crimesthe vile development of slavery appalled themPrettyadverb
(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 uglyPrettynoun
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 woundPrettynoun
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 roomPrettyadjective
(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;
a pretty messa pretty kettle of fishPrettyadverb
used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);
pretty bigpretty badjolly decent of him
