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BBC Antiques Roadshow guest's one-word response to real value of 'very ugly' jug

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Antiques Roadshow. An Antiques Roadshow guest urged a guest to take better care of a valuable jug after learning about its unconventional use. The beloved BBC programme ...

The meaning of UGLY is unpleasant or offensive to look at : hideous. How to use ugly in a sentence.

UGLY definition: 1. unpleasant to look at; not attractive: 2. unpleasant and threatening or violent: 3. unpleasant…. Learn more.

Definition of ugly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

ugly (third-person singular simple present uglies, present participle uglying, simple past and past participle uglied) (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).

Synonyms: ugly, grotesque, hideous, ill-favored, unsightly These adjectives mean offensive to the sense of sight: ugly furniture; a grotesque monster; a hideous scar; an ill-favored countenance; an unsightly billboard. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

Ugly definition: Displeasing to the eye; unsightly. Origin of Ugly From Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance" ), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread" ) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate" )), equivalent to ug +"Ž -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look ...

ugly: Displeasing to the eye; unsightly. From Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, from Old Norse uggligr ("fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance"), from uggr ("fear, apprehension, dread") (possibly related to agg ("strife, hate")), equivalent to ug +‎ -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century ...