ugliest
- 1Superlative of ugly.
Critics called it the ugliest building ever erected downtown.
The negotiations took their ugliest turn during the final week.
Note
A regular superlative, built the way most two-syllable adjectives in -y build theirs: the y turns to i before -est, as in prettiest. Most ugly is grammatical but far less common. Every meaning of ugly carries over, so the ugliest can describe what offends the eye, the ear or the conscience, or a situation turning troublesome. The ugliest turn of a negotiation is its most dangerous moment, not its least attractive.
ugliest 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 → ugliest: change y to i, add -est
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