uglier
SayUG-lee-erUS/ˈʌɡliɚ/UK/ˈʌɡliə/
- 1Comparative of ugly.
The new building is even uglier than the parking lot it replaced.
Their argument turned uglier with every word they exchanged.
Note
The comparative takes -er, and the y of ugly turns to i before the suffix, as in happier and prettier. Its superlative partner is ugliest. It carries every sense of the base word, so it can measure more than looks. A situation grows uglier when it threatens trouble or loss. In Southern US speech, a person who gets uglier is growing more quarrelsome, not less attractive.
uglier is a form of ugly
ugly, adjective: Unpleasant or unattractive to look at, or less often unpleasant to hear or to perceive with another sense. Full entry
- Spelling
- ugly → uglier: change y to i, add -er
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