different between bella vs ugly

Catalan

Adjective

bella

1. feminine singular of bell

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l.la/
• Rhymes: -?lla
• Hyphenation: bèl?la

Etymology 1

Substantivization of the singular feminine form of bello (“beautiful”).

Noun

bella f (plural belle)

1. beauty, belle (beautiful woman)
2. sweetheart

   Synonyms: compagna, fidanzata, innamorata

3. fair copy (final draft of a piece of writing)
4. showdown (deciding match)
5. a Renaissance-style ceramic plate decorated with portraits of young women.

Derived terms

• bella di notte

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

bella

1. feminine singular of bello

Anagrams

• balle

References

• bella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

bella

1. nominative plural of bellum
2. accusative plural of bellum
3. vocative plural of bellum

Adjective

bella

1. nominative feminine singular of bellus
2. nominative neuter plural of bellus
3. accusative neuter plural of bellus
4. vocative feminine singular of bellus
5. nominative neuter plural of bellus

Adjective

bell?

1. ablative feminine singular of bellus

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bel?a]

Adjective

bella (Lontara spelling ???)

1. far

   Antonym: ambani

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Verb

bella (present bellr, past singular ball)

1. (transitive, with dative) hit, hurt

Etymology 2

Verb

bella

1. (with dative) to dare, venture

Conjugation

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: belle

References

• bella1 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bella2 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Adjective

bella

1. feminine singular of bello

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) bula
• (Surmiran) pula

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bella f (plural bellas)

1. (Sursilvan) butterfly, moth

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) spler
• (Rumantsch Grischun) tgiralla
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) tschitta
• (Puter) chüralla
• (Vallader) splerin

Spanish

Pronunciation

Adjective

bella

1. feminine singular of bello

English

Alternative forms

• ougly (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug +? -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???li/
• Rhymes: -??li

Adjective

ugly (comparative uglier, superlative ugliest)

1. Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
2. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
3. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.

4. (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.

5. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.

Related terms

• ug

Synonyms

• (displeasing to the eye): hideous, homely, repulsive, unattractive, uncomely, unsightly
• (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): displeasing, repulsive, unattractive
• (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): corrupt, immoral, vile
• See also Thesaurus:ugly

Antonyms

• (displeasing to the eye): attractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, sightly
• (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): attractive, pleasing
• (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): moral

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

ugly (countable and uncountable, plural uglies)

1. (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
   • 2009: Lady Gaga and RedOne, "Bad Romance":

     I want your ugly / I want your disease.

2. (slang) An ugly person or thing.
3. (Britain, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
   • 1857, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago

     blue uglies

Translations

Verb

ugly (third-person singular simple present uglies, present participle uglying, simple past and past participle uglied)

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).

Anagrams

• guly