| ugly | | |
| adj. | 1. ugly | displeasing to the senses.; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" |
| ~ unattractive | lacking beauty or charm.; "as unattractive as most mining regions" |
| ~ disfigured | having the appearance spoiled.; "a disfigured face"; "strip mining left a disfigured landscape" |
| ~ evil-looking | having an evil appearance. |
| ~ fugly | (slang) extremely ugly. |
| ~ grotesque, monstrous | distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" |
| ~ hideous, repulsive | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying.; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" |
| ~ ill-favored, ill-favoured | usually used of a face.; "an ill-favored countenance" |
| ~ scrofulous | having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula.; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore" |
| ~ unlovely, unpicturesque | without beauty or charm. |
| ~ unsightly | unpleasant to look at.; "unsightly billboards" |
| ~ awkward | lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot" |
| ~ displeasing | causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities. |
| adj. | 2. surly, ugly | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace.; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" |
| ~ ill-natured | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition. |
| adj. | 3. despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched | morally reprehensible.; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" |
| ~ evil | morally bad or wrong.; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" |
| adj. | 4. atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly | provoking horror.; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"; "an ugly wound" |
| ~ alarming | frightening because of an awareness of danger. |
| hear | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. hear | perceive (sound) via the auditory sense. |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ overhear, take in, catch | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" |
| ~ catch, get | perceive by hearing.; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" |
| ~ get the goods | discover some bad or hidden information about.; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail" |
| ~ wise up | get wise to.; "They wised up to it" |
| ~ trip up, catch | detect a blunder or misstep.; "The reporter tripped up the senator" |
| ~ ascertain | learn or discover with certainty. |
| ~ discover, find | make a discovery.; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" |
| ~ witness, see, find | perceive or be contemporaneous with.; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" |
| v. (social) | 3. hear, try | examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process.; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California" |
| ~ probe, examine | question or examine thoroughly and closely. |
| ~ rehear, retry | hear or try a court case anew. |
| v. (perception) | 4. hear | receive a communication from someone.; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" |
| ~ receive, pick up | register (perceptual input).; "pick up a signal" |
| v. (perception) | 5. hear, listen, take heed | listen and pay attention.; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ incline | bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well.; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man" |
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