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Oxford 5000 Word List ft. Collins (English)

Ugly Ugliness Refer Event Situation Unpleasant Involves Violent

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If you refer to an event or situation as u___, you mean that it is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violent or aggressive behaviour .If you refer to an event or situation as ugly, you mean that it is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violent or aggressive behaviour .
There have been some ugly scenes.
The confrontation turned ugly.
...an ugly publicity stunt.
...the subtlety and ugliness of sexual harassment.
word ugly
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adjective
If you say that someone or something is ugly, you mean that they are very unattractive and unpleasant to look at.
...an ugly little hat.
She makes me feel dowdy and ugly.
...the raw ugliness of his native city.
If you refer to an event or situation as ugly, you mean that it is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violent or aggressive behaviour .
There have been some ugly scenes.
The confrontation turned ugly.
...an ugly publicity stunt.
...the subtlety and ugliness of sexual harassment.
inflections uglierugliestuglinessugliness
cefr-level B1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1

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