"ugly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

ugly adjetivo

ugly + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 153

ugly face • ugly thing • ugly head • ugly duckling • ugly man • ugly woman • ugly building • ...

verbo + ugly

Kolokacji: 9

turn ugly • look ugly • grow ugly • win ugly • feel ugly • ...

Kolokacji: 2

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) turn, grow, win, get, become

Kolokacji: 5

1. turn ugly = obracać się brzydki turn ugly

2. grow ugly = stój się brzydki grow ugly

3. win ugly = wygrywać brzydki win ugly

4. get ugly = stój się brzydki get ugly

"If it had gone on, it could have got ugly."
In the presidential campaign, the politics of fashion have gotten ugly.
The world's changed from when we were his age, and a lot of it's gotten pretty ugly.
The police "were able to take an incident that could have gotten quite ugly and contain it," he said.
But it has gotten ugly quickly, with the team on its longest losing streak since 2000.
Now that the case has really gotten ugly, kissing and making nice looks decreasingly likely.
I know he's concerned about his family and his wife, because it has gotten so ugly.
A disagreement over international space could have gotten ugly.
So what if she got ugly and stormed out?

5. become ugly = brzydnij become ugly

(2) look, feel, sound, consider

Kolokacji: 4

adverbio + ugly

Kolokacji: 18

pretty ugly • particularly ugly • extremely ugly • hideously ugly • downright ugly • ...

ugly + preposición

Kolokacji: 5

ugly in • ugly with • ugly for • ugly to • ugly of

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