Lingaku醜い【みにくい】
Frequency rank: 5,643. – 5,649.
- ugly; unattractive
- unsightly; unseemlysee also 醜い争い
adjective (keiyoushi)
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- ugly; unattractive
- unsightly; unseemly
This meaning is used to describe something that is visually displeasing or not attractive in appearance.
His ugly attitude is something that everyone says they dislike.
This meaning is often used to refer to something that is offensive to the senses, particularly in a way that is inappropriate or not aesthetically pleasing in a social context.
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Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide and she hides it well.
Seen close-up, things have a way of showing their defects, their innate ugliness.
The big ugly tree destroys the beauty of the house.
That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.
That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful.
There is no point in calling such buildings 'ugly'.
Between you and me, the fat ugly man is on a diet.
The words 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are relative terms.