ugly

/ˈʌgli/ adjective

Translation

NOT ATTRACTIVE › unpleasant to look at

çirkin

an ugly city952

SITUATION › An ugly situation is very unpleasant, usually because it involves violence.

tatsız, çirkin, kötü, nahoş

There were ugly scenes outside the stadium.9942110

ugliness noun [U] ›

çirkinlik

→ See also raise/rear its ugly head

(Definition of ugly adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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