ugly

adj

1. ill-favored, bad-looking, Inf. not much to look at, Inf. short on looks, Inf. not much for looks, Sl. hard or rough on the eyes; homely, plain, plain-featured, plain-looking; unattractive, unlovely, unpretty, unhandsome, unbeautiful, uncomely; hard-featured, hard-favored; unshapely, unsightly; distorted, deformed, misshapen, twisted, contorted; disfigured, mutilated, defaced, marred, blemished.

2. disagreeable, unpleasant, unpleasing, displeasing, distasteful, objectionable; nauseating, nauseous, sickening, disgusting, noisome, Sl. yukky, Sl. gross; loathsome, revolting, repulsive, repelling, repellent; repugnant, offensive, obnoxious, shocking, nasty; ignoble, base, low, low-down, dishonorable, disgraceful, shameful, opprobrious; corrupt, depraved, perverted, debased, vile, sordid, bad, foul, rotten, black; scurvy, contemptible, despicable, execrable, abominable, odious, heinous, detestable; cruel, brutal, terrible, awful, Inf. god-awful, horrible.

3. ominous, portentous, ill-omened, inauspicious, unpropitious, unfavorable, unpromising, ill-fated, ill-starred, star-crossed.

4. mean, hostile, currish, snarling, curmudgeonly, churlish, irascible; cross, surly, ill-natured, bad-tempered, sour, spiteful; crabbed, crabby, cantankerous, crotchety.

5.(esp. of natural phenomena) stormy, tempestuous, violent, wild, procellous, turbulent, squally; howling, roaring, raging, threatening.