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embarrassing
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA(key): /?m?bæ??s??/
- (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /?m?b???s??/
- Hyphenation: em?bar?rass?ing
Verb
embarrassing
- present participle of embarrass
Noun
embarrassing (usually uncountable, plural embarrassings)
- The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
- May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow
- It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present embarrassings of affairs, to be left to the Commission.
- May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow
Adjective
embarrassing (comparative more embarrassing, superlative most embarrassing)
- Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
Synonyms
- awkward
- shameful
Derived terms
- embarrassingly
Translations
embarrassing From the web:
- what embarrassing thing does ralph
- what embarrassing mean
- what embarrassing punishment do i deserve
ugly
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)
- Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
- Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
- Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
- (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
- 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)
- (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
- 2009: Lady Gaga and RedOne, "Bad Romance":
- I want your ugly / I want your disease.
- 2009: Lady Gaga and RedOne, "Bad Romance":
- (slang) An ugly person or thing.
- (Britain, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
- 1857, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago
- blue uglies
- 1857, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago
Translations
Verb
ugly (third-person singular simple present uglies, present participle uglying, simple past and past participle uglied)
- (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).
Anagrams
- guly
ugly From the web:
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- what ugly animal are you
- what ugly stands for
- what uglydolls character are you
- what ugly betty character are you
- what ugly things is atticus worried about
- how to say you are ugly
- how to tell if ugly
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