Repulsive vs. Ugly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Repulsive and Ugly
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Repulsive
Causing repugnance or aversion; disgusting.
Ugly
Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.
Repulsive
Tending to repel or drive off
A repulsive barrage.
Ugly
Repulsive or offensive; objectionable
An ugly remark.
Repulsive
(Physics) Of or relating to repulsion
A repulsive force.
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Ugly
Chiefly Southern US Rude
Don't be ugly with me.
Repulsive
Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
A repulsive smell
Ugly
New England Unmanageable. Used of animals, especially cows or horses.
Repulsive
(physics) Having the capacity to repel.
Ugly
Morally reprehensible; bad.
Repulsive
Cold; reserved; forbidding.
Ugly
Threatening or ominous
Ugly black clouds.
Repulsive
Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
Repulsive of his might the weapon stood.
Ugly
Likely to cause embarrassment or trouble
"Public opinion in both nations could take an ugly turn" (George R. Packard).
Repulsive
Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
Ugly
Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable
An ugly temper.
An ugly scene.
Repulsive
Offensive to the mind;
An abhorrent deed
The obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
Morally repugnant customs
Repulsive behavior
The most repulsive character in recent novels
Ugly
One that is ugly.
Repulsive
Possessing the ability to repel;
A repulsive force
Ugly
Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
Repulsive
So extremely ugly as to be terrifying;
A hideous scar
A repulsive mask
Ugly
Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
Ugly
Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
He played an ugly trick on us.
Ugly
(Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
An ugly temper; to feel ugly
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.
Ugly
Ugliness.
Ugly
(slang) An ugly person or thing.
Ugly
Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
Ugly
A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
Ugly
To make ugly (sometimes with up).
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.
Ugly
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
Ugly
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
Ugly
A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.
Ugly
To make ugly.
Ugly
Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;
An ugly face
Ugly furniture
War is ugly
Ugly
Deficient in beauty;
Ugly gray slums
Ugly
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
A surly waiter
An ugly frame of mind
Ugly
Morally reprehensible;
Would do something as despicable as murder
Ugly crimes
The vile development of slavery appalled them
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
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
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