different between ugly vs munter

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

English

Etymology 1

Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) +? -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?n.t?/

Noun

munter (plural munters)

1. (Britain, slang, derogatory) An ugly person.

   Synonyms: minger, biffer, ugly duckling

2. (New Zealand, Australia, slang) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.

Etymology 2

From Middle French montre.

Alternative forms

• monter, mounter, muntour, montour, mountour, muntoure, muntor, muntar

Pronunciation

• (then no foot-strut split nor approximant /r/) IPA^(key): [?m?n.t?r]

Noun

munter (plural munters)

1. (obsolete, Scotland, pre-1700) a watch, the thing that one wears to know the time

Danish

Etymology

From German munter (“merry, awake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?nt?r/, [?m?n?d??]

Adjective

munter

1. merry, cheerful

Inflection

Synonyms

• fornøjet
• fornøjelig, lystig

Derived terms

• munterhed

German

Etymology

From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar, from Proto-Germanic *mundraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Adjective

munter (comparative munterer, superlative am muntersten)

1. merry, awake, brisk, cheery.

Declension

Synonyms

• rege
• lebhaft

Antonyms

• müde
• matt
• schlapp

Related terms

• aufmunternd
• ermunternd

Further reading

• “munter” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?munt?/

Adjective

munter

1. cheerful, happy, merry

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German munter

Adjective

munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrere, indefinite superlative muntrest, definite superlative muntreste)

1. cheerful

References

• “munter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German munter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nt?r/

Adjective

munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrare, indefinite superlative muntrast, definite superlative muntraste)

1. cheerful

References

• “munter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Verb

munter

1. Alternative form of monter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Compare German munter; Dutch monter.

Adjective

munter

1. awake; sharp; alert
2. lively; sprightly

Swedish

Adjective

munter

1. merry; jolly; happy

Anagrams

• numret

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From German Mutter (“mother; nut.”)

Noun

munter f (definite singular muntra, plural munter, definite plural muntren)

1. a nut (for bolts)

Synonyms

• skruvmunter