Ugly vs. Unattractive — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Ugly and Unattractive
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Ugly
Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.
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Unattractive
Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
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Ugly
Repulsive or offensive; objectionable
An ugly remark.
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Unattractive
Lacking the power to attract interest.
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Ugly
Chiefly Southern US Rude
Don't be ugly with me.
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Unattractive
An aesthetically unattractive person
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Ugly
New England Unmanageable. Used of animals, especially cows or horses.
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Unattractive
Lacking beauty or charm;
As unattractive as most mining regions
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Ugly
Morally reprehensible; bad.
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Unattractive
Lacking power to arouse interest;
Being unemployed is a most unattractive prospect
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Ugly
Threatening or ominous
Ugly black clouds.
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Unattractive
Not appealing to the senses;
Untempting food
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Ugly
Likely to cause embarrassment or trouble
"Public opinion in both nations could take an ugly turn" (George R. Packard).
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Ugly
Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable
An ugly temper.
An ugly scene.
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Ugly
One that is ugly.
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Ugly
Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
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Ugly
Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
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Ugly
Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
He played an ugly trick on us.
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Ugly
(Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
An ugly temper; to feel ugly
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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.
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Ugly
Ugliness.
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Ugly
(slang) An ugly person or thing.
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Ugly
Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
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Ugly
A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
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Ugly
To make ugly (sometimes with up).
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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.
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Ugly
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
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Ugly
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
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Ugly
A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.
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Ugly
To make ugly.
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Ugly
Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;
An ugly face
Ugly furniture
War is ugly
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Ugly
Deficient in beauty;
Ugly gray slums
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Ugly
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
A surly waiter
An ugly frame of mind
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Ugly
Morally reprehensible;
Would do something as despicable as murder
Ugly crimes
The vile development of slavery appalled them
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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
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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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