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1 ♦ ugly
♦ ugly /ˈʌglɪ/A a.1 brutto: an ugly beast, una brutta bestia; an ugly building, un brutto edificio; an ugly scar, una brutta cicatrice; She thinks she's ugly, pensa di essere brutta2 brutto; molto spiacevole: an ugly incident, un incidente molto spiacevole; There were ugly scenes outside the factory, ci sono state delle scene molto spiacevoli davanti alla fabbrica; Things are taking an ugly turn ( o are turning ugly), le cose stanno prendendo una brutta piegaB avv.● (fam.) an ugly customer, un tipo pericoloso; un brutto tipo (fam.) □ ( anche fig.) ugly duckling, brutto anatroccolo (dalla novella di H.C. Andersen) □ as ugly as sin, brutto come il peccato; bruttissimo □ the ugly face of st., il lato spiacevole di qc. -
2 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 -
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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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4 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. -
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ugly [ˊʌglɪ] a1) уро́дливый, безобра́зный;ugly as a scarecrow ( или as sin) ≅ стра́шен как сме́ртный грех
;the ugly duckling га́дкий утёнок
2) неприя́тный; проти́вный, скве́рный; отта́лкивающий;an ugly task неприя́тная зада́ча
;an ugly disposition дурно́й хара́ктер
;ugly news плохи́е ве́сти
3) угрожа́ющий, опа́сный;an ugly tongue злой язы́к
;ugly symptoms опа́сные симпто́мы
4) вздо́рный; скло́чный, зади́ристый;an ugly customer разг. неприя́тный или опа́сный челове́к
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7 ugly as a toad
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9 ugly as a scarecrow
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10 ugly as sin
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11 ugly customer
ugly customer coll. неприятный, трудный или опасный человек -
12 ugly brute
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13 ugly face
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14 ugly old woman dressed and painted to excess
English-spanish dictionary > ugly old woman dressed and painted to excess
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15 ugly person
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16 ugly person or thing
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17 ugly thing
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18 ugly wench
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19 ugly duckling
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20 ugly-faced
ugly-facedde cara feia, carrancudo.
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