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100 Other Words for “Ugly”

February 15, 2026

100 Other Words for

No. Term Definition
1. abhorrent causing loathing; repulsive
2. abominable very unpleasant; detestable
3. abrasive harshly unpleasant; grating
4. acidic sour-tempered; biting
5. appalling shocking and very unpleasant
6. atrocious extremely bad; dreadful
7. awkward-looking ungraceful in appearance
8. bad-looking unattractive in appearance
9. baleful threatening harm; sinister
10. barbarous cruel; brutally unpleasant
11. beastly very unpleasant; nasty
12. begrimed dirty; covered with grime
13. bitter sharp and unpleasant
14. blotchy marked with irregular spots
15. boorish rude; ill-mannered
16. brutish coarse; lacking refinement
17. bungled done clumsily; botched
18. cacophonous harsh-sounding; discordant
19. callous insensitive; unfeeling
20. clunky heavy, awkward, ungainly
21. coarse rough; lacking delicacy
22. contemptible deserving scorn
23. creepy causing unease; eerie
24. crude roughly made; unrefined
25. crummy poor quality; shabby
26. damaged harmed; marred
27. deformed misshapen; malformed
28. degenerate declined in quality; debased
29. deplorable shockingly bad; disgraceful
30. despicable morally repugnant; vile
31. dilapidated run-down; in disrepair
32. dire extremely bad; dreadful
33. disfigured spoiled in appearance
34. disgusting causing revulsion
35. disharmonious lacking pleasing balance
36. disheveled messy; untidy
37. dismal gloomy; depressing
38. distasteful offensive; unpleasant
39. dreadful very bad; horrid
40. dreary dull and depressing
41. dumpy short and unattractive
42. dysfunctional not working properly
43. eerie strangely unsettling
44. egregious outstandingly bad
45. embarrassing causing shame or awkwardness
46. enraging provoking anger; infuriating
47. eyesore something unpleasant to see
48. fierce-looking harshly intimidating in appearance
49. filthy very dirty; foul
50. foul offensive; disgusting
51. frightful very unpleasant; alarming
52. frumpy dowdy; unfashionable
53. garish overbright; tastelessly showy
54. ghastly horrible; shocking
55. gloomy dark; depressing
56. godawful extremely bad; terrible
57. grotesque distorted; repulsively odd
58. grubby dirty; grimy
59. gruesome horrifying; repellent
60. grungy dirty; shabby
61. hackneyed overused; stale
62. harsh unpleasantly rough or severe
63. hideous extremely unattractive
64. horrendous shockingly dreadful
65. horrible very unpleasant; awful
66. horrid disgusting; dreadful
67. icky unpleasant; yucky
68. ill-favored unattractive in appearance
69. inauspicious unpromising; ominous
70. inferior lower quality; second-rate
71. inhospitable unwelcoming; harsh
72. insipid lacking flavor or interest
73. intimidating frightening; menacing
74. jarring harshly discordant; unsettling
75. lopsided uneven; unbalanced
76. lousy very poor; bad
77. malformed badly formed; misshapen
78. malodorous having a bad smell
79. mean-looking unkind or nasty in appearance
80. messy untidy; disorderly
81. misshapen irregularly formed; deformed
82. monstrous shockingly ugly or cruel
83. nasty very unpleasant; offensive
84. noisome offensive; foul-smelling
85. objectionable arousing dislike; offensive
86. odious extremely unpleasant; hateful
87. off-putting discouraging; unpleasant
88. ominous suggesting something bad
89. outrageous shocking; wildly improper
90. pathetic contemptibly inadequate
91. pitiful wretched; deserving pity
92. plain not pretty; ordinary-looking
93. repellent causing strong disgust
94. repulsive extremely disgusting
95. revolting causing nausea or disgust
96. rough lacking smoothness or polish
97. rude offensively impolite
98. rusty corroded; aged and rough
99. scabrous rough; indecent; unpleasant
100. scraggly thin, messy, and unattractive
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