UGLY  難看

BAD in APPEARANCE when SEEN.
UNATTRACTIVEUNAPPEALINGUNPLEASANTHIDEOUSUNLOVELYUNPREPOSSESSINGUNSIGHTLYHORRIBLEFRIGHTFULAWFULGHASTLYVILEREVOLTINGREPELLENTREPULSIVEREPUGNANTGROTESQUEDISGUSTINGMONSTROUSREPTILIANMISSHAPENDEFORMEDDISFIGUREDPLUG-UGLYBUTT-UGLYHOMELYPLAINNOT MUCH TO LOOK AT
Antonym
Hypernym
  • BADThe FEATURE of being NOT EXCELLENT OR GOOD.
    • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
Hyponym
  • HORRIBLE INTESNELY UGLY AND FRIGHTENING
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current standard word for ugliness and despicability is è 惡 (ant. měi 美 "attractive").

    2. Chǒu 醜 (ant. hǎo 好 "handsome") refers specifically to physical unsightliness and does not necessarily connote a general negative judgment on what is unsightly.

    3. Chī 蚩 / 媸 (ant. yán 妍 "attractive") refers primarily to the ugliness of human faces, but the word also has more general and abstract uses where it refers to anything unsightly.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    難看

    醜陋

    寒磣

    猥瑣

    寢陋

    貌寢





    其貌不揚

    面目可憎

    齜牙咧嘴

    賊眉鼠眼

    獐頭鼠目

    蓬頭厲齒

    見不得人

    三分像人七分像鬼

    醜八怪

    夜叉

    羅剎

    無鹽

    嫫母

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 16.82

    • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 55

      DEFORMIS, TURPIS

      139. Inter Deformem et turpem. Deformis ad corpus pertinet. Turpis ad animum.

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      UGLY

      teter is the ugliness which disturbs one's feeling of security and excites fear or shuddering, like "hideous, shocking".

      foedus refers to that which offends natural feelings and excites loathing and aversion.

      turpis refers to that which offends one's moral feeling or sense of decency and excites disapprobation and contempt.

      deformis refers to that which offends aesthetic sensibilities and excites sophisticated aesthetic dislike.

    • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

      TURPITUDO

    • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 304

    • Theophrast, Charaktere ( THEOPHRASTUS 1960) p. no. 18

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Rhetorik ( UEDING 1992ff) p. 3.1304

    • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

    • Ästhetische Grundbegriffe ( BARCK 2010) p. 3.25

    • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.89:62

      DIFFORMITE.LAIDEUR

    • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no. 43

    • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

      BEAUTY AND UGLINESS

    • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 51B

    Words

      è OC: qaaɡ MC: ʔɑk 24 AttributionsWD

    The current standard word for ugliness and despicability is è 惡 (ant. měi 美 "attractive")

      Word relations
    • Ant: 姣 / 佼/SEXY Jiǎo 姣 (also applied to men) and jiāo 嬌 are less dramatic than yàn 艷 and refers to personal charm as well beauty as such.
    • Ant: 美 / 媄 / 媺/BEAUTIFUL The general word is měi 美 "handsome and admirable" (ant. è 惡 "ugly") which refers to anything concrete or abstract which is attractive or handsome in a dignified way, and the word often retains its primary culinary sense of "tasty". [GENERAL], [GRADED]; [[COMMON]]
    • Assoc: 醜/UGLY Chǒu 醜 (ant. hǎo 好 "handsome") refers specifically to physical unsightliness and does not necessarily connote a general negative judgment on what is unsightly.
    • Synon: 醜/UGLY Chǒu 醜 (ant. hǎo 好 "handsome") refers specifically to physical unsightliness and does not necessarily connote a general negative judgment on what is unsightly.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativeugliness
    • nccsubjectwhat is ugly
    • v[adN]figurativewhat is morally ugly; disgusting things
    • v[adN]nonreferentialthe bad
    • vadNugly; nasty (e.g. disease)
    • vadNfigurativenon-visually ugly
    • vibe ugly; be in terribly bad shape
    • vtoNcausativecause to be ugly, ensure that (something) is of low quality
    • vtoNputativeconsider as ugly; dislike
    • vtoNputative.reflex.自regard (oneself) as ugly
      chǒu OC: khljuʔ MC: tɕhɨu 9 AttributionsWD

    Chǒu 醜 (ant. hǎo 好 "handsome") refers specifically to physical unsightliness and does not necessarily connote a general negative judgment on what is unsightly.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 好/BEAUTIFUL Hǎo 好 "comely, handsome" (ant. chǒu 醜"ugly") refers indiscriminately to men and women, but the word is sometimes more general in application and refers more abstractly to attractive words or even moral qualities. [HUMAN!], [NATURAL], [VISUAL]
    • Ant: 美 / 媄 / 媺/BEAUTIFUL The general word is měi 美 "handsome and admirable" (ant. è 惡 "ugly") which refers to anything concrete or abstract which is attractive or handsome in a dignified way, and the word often retains its primary culinary sense of "tasty". [GENERAL], [GRADED]; [[COMMON]]
    • Assoc: 惡/UGLY The current standard word for ugliness and despicability is è 惡 (ant. měi 美 "attractive")
    • Assoc: 陋/VULGAR Jiàn 賤 (ant. shàn 善 "good" and also, along different lines guì 貴 "noble") refers 1. to noble status and 2. very negatively to a person or a piece of behaviour as not conforming to any demands set by nobility of purpose or status. Lòu 陋 (ant. huá 華 "elaborate and cultivated") refers to vulgarity as a negative feature of places (streets) or behaviour.
    • Synon: 惡/UGLY The current standard word for ugliness and despicability is è 惡 (ant. měi 美 "attractive")

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturephysical ugliness
    • nabfigurativeturpitude; deficiency, insignificanceCH
    • vadNphysically ugly
    • vibe ugly
    • vifigurativebe morally unattractive
    醜惡  chǒu è OC: khljuʔ qaaɡ MC: tɕhɨu ʔɑk 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe quite ugly, be thoroughly ugly
      chī OC: khljɯ MC: tɕhɨ 3 AttributionsWD

    Chī 蚩/媸 (ant. yán 妍 "attractive") refers primarily to the ugliness of human faces, but the word also has more general and abstract uses where it refers to anything unsightly.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureuglinessCH
    • v[adN]the ugy, what is uglyCH
    • viugly to look at
    醜陋  chǒu lòu OC: khljuʔ roos MC: tɕhɨu lu 3 AttributionsWD

      Syntactic words
    • VPadNugly and vulgar
    • VPibe ugly and vulgar
    粗惡  cū è OC: skhaa qaaɡ MC: tshuo̝ ʔɑk 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPicoarse and ugly
    垢醜  gòu chǒu OC: kooʔ khljuʔ MC: ku tɕhɨu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe filthy and ugly
    惡者  è zhě OC: qaaɡ kljaʔ MC: ʔɑk tɕɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • NPabfeatureugliness; (or in the spirit of Plato: the ugly)
    醜穢  chǒu huì OC: khljuʔ qʷads MC: tɕhɨu ʔi̯ɐi 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe dirty and ugly
    不調  bù tiáo MC: pjut dew OC: pɯʔ dɯɯwCH 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe out of tune, be ill-tunedCH
      qǐn OC: skhimʔ MC: tshim
    寢沁侵  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC:
    寢沁侵  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vibe physically ugly?? ??? ???? ???
      chī OC: khljɯ MC: tɕhɨ 0 AttributionsWD

    Chī 蚩/媸 (ant. yán 妍 "attractive") refers primarily to the ugliness of human faces, but the word also has more general and abstract uses where it refers to anything unsightly.

      Syntactic words
    • vibe ugly to look at (see 蚩)
    叵看  pǒ kàn OC: phaalʔ khaans MC: phʷɑ khɑn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPipǒkàn: ugly

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