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ugly

/ˈʌɡli/UH-glee
/ˈʌɡli/UH-glee

Meaningfear-like

Common meaning: unpleasant to look at

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)uggligr‘dreadful’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsdreadful → frightfulugly‘frightful’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfrightful → unpleasant to look atugly‘unpleasant to look at’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) uggligr ‘to be feared’.

Roots

  • uggligr Old Norse (Icelandic) “to be feared”

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