Uglies

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ugliness. informal, plural, plural-only

    "Yet while the protection premise is solid, cellphone cases are often plagued with a bad case of the uglies."

  2. 2
    The stamps of the Indian feudatory states. derogatory, informal, plural, plural-only

    "The Feudatory States' stamps, with their distinctive designs, are philatelically known as "uglies", a name well deserved in many cases."

  3. 3
    plural of ugly form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of ugly form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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unsightlycorruptdespicabledisfigureddispleasinghideous

Example

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"Yet while the protection premise is solid, cellphone cases are often plagued with a bad case of the uglies."

Etymology

From ugly + -s.

Related phrases

feudatory state

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