Handsome vs. Ugly

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Handsomeadjective

(of people, things, etc) Having a good appearance; good-looking.

Handsomeadjective

(of a man or boy) Visually attractive; pleasant looking, good-looking. Examples contradict label. Also, it seems to me that Austen uses "handsome" about women synonymously with "beautiful", so maybe that is an obsolete sense?

Handsomeadjective

(of a woman) Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not typically beautiful.

Handsomeadjective

Good, appealing, appropriate.

Handsomeadjective

(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.

Handsomeadjective

Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.

Handsomeadjective

Generous or noble in character.

Handsomeadjective

Ample; moderately large.

Handsomeadjective

Dexterous; skillful.

Handsomeverb

To render handsome.

Handsomeadjective

Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; - applied to things as persons.

Handsomeadjective

Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; - expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.

Handsomeadjective

Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.

Handsomeadjective

Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.

Handsomeadjective

Ample; moderately large.

Handsomeverb

To render handsome.

Handsomeadjective

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion;

Handsomeadjective

given or giving freely;

Uglyadjective

Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.

Uglyadjective

Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.

Uglyadjective

Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.

Uglyadjective

Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.

Uglyadjective

Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.

Uglyadjective

Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

Uglyadjective

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

Uglyadjective

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

Uglynoun

A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.

Uglyverb

To make ugly.

Uglyadjective

displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;

Uglyadjective

deficient in beauty;

Uglyadjective

inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;

Uglyadjective

morally reprehensible;

Uglyadjective

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

Uglyadjective

provoking horror;

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