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Ugly vs Venomous - What's the difference?

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Ugly is a related term of venomous.


As adjectives the difference between ugly and venomous

is that ugly is displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing while venomous is full of venom.

As a noun ugly

is (slang|uncountable) ugliness.

ugly

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(er)
  • Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
  • * Spenser
    • the ugly view of his deformed crimes
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • O, I have passed a miserable night, / So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
  • Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
  • Offensive]] to one's [[sensibility, sensibilities or morality.
  • *, chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly , gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}
  • Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
  • Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Synonyms

    * (displeasing to the eye) hideous, homely, repulsive, unattractive, uncomely, unsightly * (displeasing to the ear or some other sense) displeasing, repulsive, unattractive * (sense, offensive to one's sensibilities or morality) corrupt, immoral, vile * See also

    Antonyms

    * (displeasing to the eye) attractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, sightly * (displeasing to the ear or some other sense) attractive, pleasing * (sense, offensive to one's sensibilities or morality) moral

    Derived terms

    * uggo * ugly duckling * uglification * uglify

    Noun

  • (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
  • * 2009 : (Lady Gaga) and (RedOne), "(Bad Romance)":
    • I want your ugly / I want your disease.
  • (slang) An ugly person or thing.
  • (UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
    • (Charles Kingsley)
    Luke is the definition of ugly

    venomous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of venom.
  • Toxic; poisonous.
  • Noxious; evil.
  • Malignant; spiteful; hateful.
  • Producing venom (poison usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.
  • powerful
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=David Ornstein , title=Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.}}

    Synonyms

    * noxious * poisonous * toxic

    Antonyms

    * non-venomous

    References

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