Synonyms for ugly

Adjective

1. ugly (vs. beautiful), disfigured, grotesque, monstrous, unnatural, hideous, repulsive, ill-favored, ill-favoured, scrofulous, unsightly, unlovely, unpicturesque, displeasing, unattractive, awkward

usage: displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly"

2. ugly, inaesthetic (vs. aesthetic), unaesthetic

usage: deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums"

3. surly, ugly, ill-natured (vs. good-natured)

usage: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

4. despicable, ugly, vile, unworthy, evil (vs. good), wicked

usage: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"

5. baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, ugly, alarming (vs. unalarming)

usage: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

6. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly, alarming (vs. unalarming)

usage: provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"