Uglyadjective
Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
Penguinnoun
Any of several flightless sea birds, of order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere; marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage.
Uglyadjective
Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
Penguinnoun
(slang) A nun (association through appearance, because of the black and white habit).
Uglyadjective
Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
âHe played an ugly trick on us.â;
Penguinnoun
(juggling) A type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.
Uglyadjective
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
âan ugly temper; to feel uglyâ;
Penguinnoun
A spiny bromeliad with egg-shaped fleshy fruit, Bromelia pinguin.
Uglyadjective
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
âan ugly rumour; an ugly customer; an ugly woundâ; âWith all this competition, expect things to get ugly.â;
Penguinnoun
Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.
Uglyadjective
Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
âThe ugly view of his deformed crimes.â; âLike the toad, ugly and venomous.â; âO, I have passed a miserable night,So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.â;
Penguinnoun
The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges.
Uglyadjective
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
Penguinnoun
short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
Uglyadjective
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
Penguin
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species, the GalĂĄpagos penguin, found north of the Equator.
Uglynoun
A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.
Uglyverb
To make ugly.
Uglyadjective
displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;
âan ugly faceâ; âugly furnitureâ; âwar is uglyâ;
Uglyadjective
deficient in beauty;
âugly gray slumsâ;
Uglyadjective
inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
âa surly waiterâ; âan ugly frame of mindâ;
Uglyadjective
morally reprehensible;
âwould do something as despicable as murderâ; âugly crimesâ; âthe vile development of slavery appalled themâ;
Uglyadjective
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
âa baleful lookâ; âforbidding thundercloudsâ; âhis tone became menacingâ; âominous rumblings of discontentâ; âsinister storm cloudsâ; âa sinister smileâ; âhis threatening behaviorâ; âugly black cloudsâ; âthe situation became uglyâ;
Uglyadjective
provoking horror;
âan atrocious automobile accidentâ; âa frightful crime of decapitationâ; âan alarming, even horrifying, pictureâ; âwar is beyond all words horribleâ; âan ugly woundâ;