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Meanings of uglier in English

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Usage of uglier in English
1
The homeliest rebel in the South is not uglier than I am.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
2
Sophy, in the glare of the street light, looked uglier than ever.
Cheerful—By Request
3
The ring was pulsing faster, turning darker and uglier by the second.
Swan Song
4
Free love in the promiscuous sense is no uglier than coupled loathing.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
5
The recent onslaught of horrors seemed uglier than most I could remember.
Death du Jour
6
The male to female ratio may make this place uglier than Alaska.
Reuters
7
And the more I thought about the baby, the uglier everything got.
The well and the mine
8
Indeed, it didn't much uglier or childish than a post like this.
The Irish Times
9
There is nothing uglier than to see the floor covered with cigar-ends.
Dona Perfecta
10
The closer we get to the Painted Wall, the uglier it appears.
Climbing Magazine
11
His effort to look pleasant only made him appear uglier than usual.
Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune
12
He is really a good deal bigger, and ever so much uglier.
The Magic Egg, and Other Stories
13
A few more beatings and you'll be uglier than I am, Mormont.
A Dance with Dragons
14
He scraped uglier messes than you off the heel of his boot.
Heart-shaped box
15
On which part should the stigma of illiteracy set the uglier brand?
Irish Books and Irish People
16
And trousseau clothes are quite unlike other clothes-notprettier, often uglier-butdifferent.
Balloons
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United Kingdom
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