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Collocations for ugly - adj.

1. unattractive

VERBS

be, feel, look
I felt so ugly.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
hideously, horribly, incredibly
The witch was hideously ugly.
downright, plain (both informal)
It's just plain ugly.

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2. dangerous/threatening

VERBS

be, look, sound
become, get, turn

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
A fight started and things got pretty ugly.
a little
potentially

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Ugly is used with these nouns:
blemish, bruise, confrontation, divorce, face, house, incident, man, mess, monster, reality, rumour, scar, scene, side, truth, turn, woman

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