Pretty vs. Ugly

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Prettyadjective

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

Prettyadjective

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

Prettyadjective

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

Prettyadjective

Cunning; clever, skilful.

Prettyadjective

(dated) Moderately large; considerable.

Prettyadjective

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

Prettyadjective

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.

Prettyadverb

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

Prettyadverb

(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Prettynoun

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

Prettynoun

Something that is pretty.

Prettyverb

To make pretty; to beautify

Prettyadjective

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.

Prettyadjective

Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.

Prettyadjective

Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense.

Prettyadjective

Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.

Prettyadjective

Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.

Prettyadverb

In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.

Prettyadjective

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;

Prettyadjective

(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;

Prettyadverb

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

Prettyadjective

(of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful

Prettyadjective

(of a thing) pleasing to the eye or the ear

Prettyadjective

used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure

Prettyadverb

to a moderately high degree; fairly

Prettynoun

an attractive thing, especially a trinket

Prettynoun

used to refer in a condescending way to an attractive person

Prettyverb

make pretty or attractive

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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