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Ugly vs Acrimonious - What's the difference?

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Ugly is a related term of acrimonious.


As adjectives the difference between ugly and acrimonious

is that ugly is displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing while acrimonious is angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone.

As a noun ugly

is (slang|uncountable) ugliness.

ugly

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(er)
  • Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
  • * Spenser
    • the ugly view of his deformed crimes
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • O, I have passed a miserable night, / So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
  • Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
  • Offensive]] to one's [[sensibility, sensibilities or morality.
  • *, chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly , gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}
  • Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
  • Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Synonyms

    * (displeasing to the eye) hideous, homely, repulsive, unattractive, uncomely, unsightly * (displeasing to the ear or some other sense) displeasing, repulsive, unattractive * (sense, offensive to one's sensibilities or morality) corrupt, immoral, vile * See also

    Antonyms

    * (displeasing to the eye) attractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, sightly * (displeasing to the ear or some other sense) attractive, pleasing * (sense, offensive to one's sensibilities or morality) moral

    Derived terms

    * uggo * ugly duckling * uglification * uglify

    Noun

  • (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
  • * 2009 : (Lady Gaga) and (RedOne), "(Bad Romance)":
    • I want your ugly / I want your disease.
  • (slang) An ugly person or thing.
  • (UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
    • (Charles Kingsley)
    Luke is the definition of ugly

    acrimonious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone.
  • * 2010 , , Questionable Content 1579: Visitation Rights
    • That would be a way more acrimonious custody battle than the one my parents had over me.

    Synonyms

    * rancorous

    Derived terms

    * acrimoniously * acrimoniousness

    Anagrams

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