{
    "term": "ugly",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "unpleasant to look at",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an ugly face"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an ugly building"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an ugly scar"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The witch was hideously ugly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why do some of our government buildings look ugly?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jane was a great beauty, but I was always considered to be the ugly sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was full of heavy, ugly furniture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The screaming child in her arms was an ugly little thing."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "unpleasant or dangerous; involving threats or violence",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an ugly incident/scene"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A fight started and things **got** pretty **ugly**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the latest cinematic effort to lay bare the ugly truth about Hollywood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the ugly realities of war"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Very quickly, the mood turned ugly."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌɡli/",
                "audio": "ug/ugly/ugly__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌɡli/",
                "audio": "ug/ugly/ugly__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old Norse uggligr ‘to be dreaded’, from ugga ‘to dread’."
}