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{
"term": "ugly",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "unpleasant to look at",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an ugly face"
},
{
"text": "an ugly building"
},
{
"text": "an ugly scar"
},
{
"text": "The witch was hideously ugly."
},
{
"text": "Why do some of our government buildings look ugly?"
},
{
"text": "Jane was a great beauty, but I was always considered to be the ugly sister."
},
{
"text": "The room was full of heavy, ugly furniture."
},
{
"text": "The screaming child in her arms was an ugly little thing."
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "unpleasant or dangerous; involving threats or violence",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an ugly incident/scene"
},
{
"text": "There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued."
},
{
"text": "A fight started and things **got** pretty **ugly**."
},
{
"text": "the latest cinematic effort to lay bare the ugly truth about Hollywood"
},
{
"text": "the ugly realities of war"
},
{
"text": "Very quickly, the mood turned ugly."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʌɡli/",
"audio": "ug/ugly/ugly__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʌɡli/",
"audio": "ug/ugly/ugly__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse uggligr ‘to be dreaded’, from ugga ‘to dread’."
}