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1 ugly
(a) (in appearance → person, face, building) laid;∎ it was an ugly sight ce n'était pas beau à voir;∎ as ugly as sin laid à faire peur; (person) laid comme un pou(b) (unpleasant, nasty → habit) sale, désagréable; (→ behaviour) répugnant; (→ quarrel) mauvais; (→ clouds, weather) vilain, sale; (→ bruise, wound, scar) vilain, méchant; (→ rumour, word) vilain; (→ situation) fâcheux, mauvais;∎ there were some ugly scenes il y a eu du vilain;∎ the ugly truth is… la vérité, dans toute son horreur, c'est que…;∎ he was in an ugly mood il était d'une humeur massacrante, il était de très mauvaise humeur;∎ she gave me an ugly look elle m'a regardé d'un sale œil;∎ he's an ugly customer c'est un sale individu;∎ to turn or to get ugly (situation) dégénérer, mal tourner;∎ things took an ugly turn les choses ont mal tourné►► Ugly American touriste mf américain moyen (sans culture et sans tact);ugly duckling vilain petit canard m;Ugly Sisters = les sœurs de Cendrillon, personnages de la "pantomime" anglaise -
2 ugly
ugly [ˈʌglɪ]b. ( = unpleasant) [habit] sale• things turned ugly when... les choses ont mal tourné quand...• "blackmail" is an ugly word « chantage » est un vilain mot* * *['ʌglɪ]1) ( hideous) [person, appearance, furniture, building] laid; [sound] désagréable; [wound] vilain (before n)to be an ugly sight — être hideux/-euse à voir
2) ( vicious) [situation, conflict] dangereux/-euse; [tactics, campaign] bas/basseto be in an ugly mood — [group, mob] gronder; [individual] être d'une humeur massacrante (colloq)
••an ugly customer — (colloq) un sale type (colloq)
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3 ugly
1 ( hideous) [person, appearance, furniture, building, place] laid ; [sound] désagréable ; to be an ugly sight être hideux/-euse à voir ; [wound] vilain (before n) ;2 ( vicious) [situation, conflict] dangereux/-euse ; [tactics, campaign] bas/basse ; [accusation] vicieux/-ieuse ; [passion, violence] effroyable ; the situation turned ugly la situation a dégénéré ; to give sb an ugly look regarder qn d'un sale œil ; he had an ugly expression on his face/an ugly look in his eye il avait l'air méchant/l'œil méchant ; to be in an ugly mood [group, mob] gronder ; [individual] être d'humeur massacrante ; the ugly face of l'aspect inacceptable de ;3 ( repugnant) [incident, scene, crime] déplorable.an ugly customer ○ un sale type ○ ; he looks like an ugly customer ○ il a une sale tronche ○ ; as ugly as sin laid comme un pou ; racism/elitism rears its ugly head on voit surgir le spectre du racisme/de l'élitisme. -
4 nasty
nasty [ˈnα:stɪ]a. ( = unkind, spiteful) [person, remark] méchantb. [habit, rumour] vilain ; [bend] dangereux ; [smell, taste, moment] mauvais before n ; [feeling, situation, experience] désagréable ; [weather] affreuxc. ( = serious) [accident] grave ; [fall, wound] vilain* * *['nɑːstɪ] 1.(colloq) noun (in food, water, air) saleté f2.video nasty — film m d'épouvante en vidéo
1) ( unpleasant) [crime, experience, sight, taste, surprise, suspicion] horrible; [feeling, task] désagréable; [habit, weather, smell, taste] mauvais; [expression, look] méchant; [rumour] inquiétant; [stain] gros/grosse; [affair, business] sale (before n)to turn nasty — [person, dog] devenir méchant; [weather] se gâter
to be a nasty piece of work — (colloq) GB être un sale type (colloq)/une sale bonne femme (colloq)
2) ( unkind) [person] désagréable; [trick] sale (before n), vilain; [gossip, remark, letter] méchant3) ( serious) [cut, bruise] vilain (before n); [bump, crack, fall, accident] grave; [cold] mauvais (before n)4) ( ugly) affreux/-euse5) ( tricky) [problem, question] difficile; [bend] dangereux/-euse -
5 nasty
B adj1 ( unpleasant) [crime, experience, sight, taste, surprise, suspicion] horrible ; [feeling, task] désagréable ; [habit] mauvais ; [expression, look] méchant ; [rumour] inquiétant ; [stain] gros/grosse ; [affair, business] sale (before n) ; I got a nasty fright j'ai vraiment eu un choc ; the nasty weather le mauvais temps ; to smell nasty sentir mauvais ; to taste nasty avoir mauvais goût ; it's nasty and hot il fait une chaleur désagréable ; things could get nasty les choses pourraient mal tourner ; to turn nasty [dog] devenir méchant ; [person] s'emporter ; [weather] se gâter ; to be a nasty piece of work être un sale type/une sale femme ;2 ( unkind) [person] désagréable ; [trick] sale (before n), vilain ; [gossip, letter] méchant ; you've got a nasty mind tu vois toujours le mal partout ; a nasty sense of humour un humour méchant ; he gets nasty when he's tired il devient méchant quand il est fatigué ; to be nasty to être dur envers ; to say nasty things about dire des choses méchantes au sujet de ;3 ( serious) [cut, bruise] vilain (before n) ; [bump, crack, fall, accident] grave ; [cold] mauvais (before n) ;4 ( ugly) [colour, shape, style] affreux/-euse ;
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