Adjective

(en adjective)

Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.

Lacking the power to attract interest.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive . Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}

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.