Nice vs. Ugly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nice and Ugly
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Nice
Nice ( NEESS, French: [nis]; Nissard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Ancient Greek: Νίκαια; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).
Ugly
Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.
Nice
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive
We had a very nice time
Ugly
Repulsive or offensive; objectionable
An ugly remark.
Nice
(especially of a difference) slight or subtle
There is a nice distinction between self-sacrifice and martyrdom
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Ugly
Chiefly Southern US Rude
Don't be ugly with me.
Nice
Fastidious; scrupulous.
Ugly
New England Unmanageable. Used of animals, especially cows or horses.
Nice
A resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).
Ugly
Morally reprehensible; bad.
Nice
Pleasing and agreeable in nature
Had a nice time.
A nice person.
Ugly
Threatening or ominous
Ugly black clouds.
Nice
Having a pleasant or attractive appearance
A nice dress.
A nice face.
Ugly
Likely to cause embarrassment or trouble
"Public opinion in both nations could take an ugly turn" (George R. Packard).
Nice
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness
A nice gesture.
Ugly
Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable
An ugly temper.
An ugly scene.
Nice
Of good character and reputation; respectable.
Ugly
One that is ugly.
Nice
Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.
Ugly
Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
Nice
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle
A nice distinction.
A nice sense of style.
Ugly
Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
Nice
Done with delicacy and skill
A nice bit of craft.
Ugly
Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
He played an ugly trick on us.
Nice
Used as an intensive with and
Nice and warm.
Ugly
(Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
An ugly temper; to feel ugly
Nice
Wanton; profligate
"For when mine hours / Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives / Of me for jests" (Shakespeare).
Ugly
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
An ugly rumour; an ugly customer; an ugly wound
With all this competition, expect things to get ugly.
Nice
Affectedly modest; coy
"Ere ... / The nice Morn on th' Indian steep, / From her cabin'd loop-hole peep" (John Milton).
Ugly
Ugliness.
Nice
Pleasant, satisfactory.
Ugly
(slang) An ugly person or thing.
Nice
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
Ugly
Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
Nice
Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
Ugly
A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
Nice
Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
The soup is nice and hot.
Ugly
To make ugly (sometimes with up).
Nice
Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
A nice way of putting it
Ugly
Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
The ugly view of his deformed crimes.
Like the toad, ugly and venomous.
O, I have passed a miserable night,So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
Nice
(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
Ugly
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
Nice
Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
Ugly
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
Nice
(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
Ugly
A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.
Nice
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
Ugly
To make ugly.
Nice
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
Ugly
Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;
An ugly face
Ugly furniture
War is ugly
Nice
(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
Ugly
Deficient in beauty;
Ugly gray slums
Nice
(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
Ugly
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
A surly waiter
An ugly frame of mind
Nice
(colloquial) Nicely.
Children, play nice.
He dresses real nice.
Ugly
Morally reprehensible;
Would do something as despicable as murder
Ugly crimes
The vile development of slavery appalled them
Nice
Used to signify a job well done.
Nice! I couldn't have done better.
Ugly
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
Nice
Used to signify approval.
Is that your new car? Nice!
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
Nice
Niceness.
Nice
To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
Nice
Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
Nice
Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.
The letter was not nice, but full of chargeOf dear import.
Nice
Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
Curious not knowing, not exact but nice.
And to tasteThink not I shall be nice.
Nice
Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
Dear love, continue nice and chaste.
A nice and subtile happiness.
Nice
Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
Nice
Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
The difference is too niceWhere ends the virtue, or begins the vice.
Nice
Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
Nice
Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.
Nice
Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.
He's making a list, checking it twice.Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town.
Nice
A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
Nice
Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;
What a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty
Nice manners
A nice dress
A nice face
A nice day
Had a nice time at the party
The corn and tomatoes are nice today
Nice
Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
From a decent family
A nice girl
Nice
Done with delicacy and skill;
A nice bit of craft
A job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
A nice shot
Nice
Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;
Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
Nice
Noting distinctions with nicety;
A discriminating interior designer
A nice sense of color
A nice point in the argument
Nice
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness;
A nice gesture
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