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Search phrase: ugly

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC II.v.97Thou wouldst appear most ugly. He is married?Thou would'st appeere most vgly: He is married?
As You Like ItAYL II.i.13Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,Which like the toad, ougly and venemous,
CymbelineCym V.iii.70Nor feel him where he struck. Being an ugly monster,Nor feele him where he strooke. Being an vgly Monster,
HamletHam III.i.52Is not more ugly to the thing that helps itIs not more vgly to the thing that helpes it,
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.200By breaking through the foul and ugly mistsBy breaking through the foule and vgly mists
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.i.39Had not been here to dress the ugly formHad not beene here, to dresse the ougly forme
Henry VH5 IV.chorus.21Who like a foul and ugly witch doth limpWho like a foule and ougly Witch doth limpe
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.34See how the ugly witch doth bend her browsSee how the vgly Witch doth bend her browes,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iii.189There Minotaurs and ugly treasons lurk.There Minotaurs and vgly Treasons lurke,
Henry VIIIH8 I.ii.117They turn to vicious forms, ten times more uglyThey turne to vicious formes, ten times more vgly
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.127Far from this place let ugly treason lie!Far from this place let vgly treason ly.
King Edward IIIE3 IV.v.28.2A flight of ugly ravensA flight of vgly rauens
King JohnKJ III.i.37This news hath made thee a most ugly man.This newes hath made thee a most vgly man.
King JohnKJ III.i.44Ugly and slanderous to thy mother's womb,Vgly, and slandrous to thy Mothers wombe,
King JohnKJ IV.iii.123There is not yet so ugly a fiend of hellThere is not yet so vgly a fiend of hell
King LearKL I.iv.264How ugly didst thou in Cordelia show!How vgly did'st thou in Cordelia shew?
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.28None but that ugly treason of mistrustNone but that vglie treason of mistrust.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.100No, no – I am as ugly as a bear;No, no, I am as vgly as a Beare;
OthelloOth V.i.20That makes me ugly: and besides, the MoorThat makes me vgly: and besides, the Moore
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.23Whose ugly and unnatural aspectWhose vgly and vnnaturall Aspect
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.226Affrights thee with a hell of ugly devils!Affrights thee with a Hell of ougly Deuills.
Richard IIIR3 I.iv.3So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights,So full of fearefull Dreames, of vgly sights,
Richard IIIR3 I.iv.23What sights of ugly death within mine eyes!What sights of vgly death within mine eyes.
Timon of AthensTim III.v.25Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.Striuing to make an vgly deed looke faire:
Timon of AthensTim III.v.100That makes the Senate ugly.That makes the Senate vgly.
Troilus and CressidaTC V.viii.6How ugly night comes breathing at his heels;How vgly night comes breathing at his heeles,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.459 Quick-shifting antics, ugly in her eyes. Quicke-shifting Antiques vglie in her eyes.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.925 ‘ Misshapen Time, copesmate of ugly Night, Misshapen time, copesmate of vgly night,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1082 To ugly hell; when lo, the blushing morrow To ouglie Hell, when loe the blushing morrow
SonnetsSonn.33.6 With ugly rack on his celestial face, With ougly rack on his celestiall face,
Venus and AdonisVen.931 ‘ Hard-favoured tyrant, ugly, meagre, lean, Hard fauourd tyrant, ougly, meagre, leane,
Venus and AdonisVen.1041 Who bids them still consort with ugly night, Who bids them still consort with ougly night,

Glossary

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changelingunsightly person [>> sense 1: an ugly or deformed child left by fairies in exchange for a beautiful one]
Florentiusknight in Gower's 'Confessio Amantis' who married an ugly woman in return for the answer to a riddle on which his life depended
foulplain-looking, unattractive, ugly
Gorgongenerally applied to Medusa, one of three monsters who had snakes in their hair, ugly faces, huge wings, and whose staring eyes could turn people to stone
haggishlike a hag, ugly, repulsive
hard-favouredugly, unattractive, unsightly, hideous
homelyplain-looking, unattractive, ugly
ill-favouredugly, unattractive, unsightly
ill-seemingof ugly appearance, unpleasant to look at
shapelessunshapely, ugly, unsightly
sightlessunsightly, ugly, offensive
stigmaticaldeformed, disfigured, ugly
unfairdeprive of beauty, make ugly

Thesaurus

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appearance, uglyill-seeming
face, uglyGorgon
uglyill-favoured
uglyshapeless
uglystigmatical
uglyhard-favoured
uglysightless
uglyhomely
uglyhaggish
uglyfoul
ugly appearanceill-seeming
ugly faceGorgon
ugly, makeunfair

Themes and Topics

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Classical mythology... circe 1h6 v iii 35 see how the ugly witch doth bend her brows / as if with ...
...e monsters who had snakes in their hair ugly faces huge wings and whose staring eye...
...in that labyrinth / there minotaurs and ugly treasons lurk son of pasiphae and a b...
Non-classical legend, romance, and folklore...gower’s confessio amantis who married an ugly woman in return for the answer to a ridd...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
UGLYBASICugly adj

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