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Repulsive or not aesthetically pleasant

Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

Suggestively offensive or ill-natured

Bodeful of bad or unfortunate consequences

Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

Not in good health

Dangerous or perilous in nature

Marked by or involving public disorder

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Unfriendly and bad-tempered

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

(especially of surroundings) Impersonal and unappealing

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Adjective

Repulsive or not aesthetically pleasant

unprepossessing

ill-favoured^UK

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

not much to look at

no oil painting

hard on the eyes

misproportioned

life-threatening

ordinary-looking

as plain as a pikestaff

plain as a pikestaff

not much for looks

frightful-looking

demoralizing^US

very unpleasant

like the back end of a bus

demoralising^UK

suggestive of evil

antagonizing^US

uncommunicative

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

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“It was as ugly a beast as anyone could imagine, yet gentle in nature.”

Adjective

Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

“Expect things to get ugly when the two rival gangs clash at sundown.”

Adjective

Suggestively offensive or ill-natured

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

beyond the pale

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

unsportsmanlike

very unpleasant

very disgusting

highly improper

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“There had been ugly revelations about the governor's abhorrent behavior, followed by widespread condemnation.”

Adjective

Bodeful of bad or unfortunate consequences

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

evil-intentioned

prognosticatory

suggestive of evil

environmentally unfriendly

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Adjective

Potentially violent or dangerous, especially of a situation

Adjective

Not in good health

under the weather

green about the gills

like death warmed up

not up to snuff

not up to the mark

on the sick list

not in good shape

at death's door

hypochondriacal

as white as a ghost

as white as a sheet

suffering from motion sickness

suffering from altitude sickness

green around gills

white as a sheet

white as a ghost

light-coloured^UK

light-colored^US

unhealthy-looking

hospitalized^US

the worse for wear

hospitalised^UK

looking as if one has seen a ghost

under medication

slightly unwell

not a hundred percent

sick as a parrot

anaemic-looking

jaundiced-looking

out of commission

not feeling well

confined to bed

out of condition

in poor condition

not feeling up to snuff

running temperature

feeling terrible

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Adjective

Dangerous or perilous in nature

on collision course

fraught with danger

Russian roulette

playing with fire

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

on slippery ground

hanging by a thread

life-threatening

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Adjective

Marked by or involving public disorder

insurrectionary

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

insurrectionist

attention-seeking

without law and order

ill-disciplined

lacking self-control

raising the roof

rough-and-tumble

causing trouble

full of confusion

full of upheavals

full of conflict

full of ups and downs

destabilising^UK

destabilizing^US

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Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

given to looking on the black side

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Unfriendly and bad-tempered

ill-humoured^UK

as cross as two sticks

on a short fuse

having got out of bed the wrong side

like a bear with a sore head

got up on wrong side of bed

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

easily offended

uncommunicative

confrontational

apt to fly off the handle

perversely irritable

with a long face

having short fuse

hot under collar

down in the mouth

bundle of nerves

huffy irascible

unaccommodating

with chip on shoulder

with a chip on your shoulder

unfavourable^UK

not best pleased

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

socially impaired

undisciplinable

ill-disciplined

ready for a fight

have chip on shoulder

pass-remarkable

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Adjective

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

ill-humoured^UK

unsophisticated

uncommunicative

confrontational

like a bear with a sore head

uncomplimentary

on a short fuse

lowdown and dirty

not afraid to call a spade a spade

with a long face

as cross as two sticks

beyond the pale

in a state of nature

huffy irascible

ready for a fight

have chip on shoulder

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

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Adjective

(especially of surroundings) Impersonal and unappealing

Noun

Old woman

aggressive woman

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