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  • adjective archaic Ugly, hideous.

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Examples

  • Even some of my colleagues are confused by this ugglesome contraction.

    Its Academic, Or Is It? 2008

  • This done, the young man kissed her, in the doing whereof she writhe her neck in, sunder, so she died miserably, her body being metamorphosed into black and blue colors, most ugglesome to behold, and her face (which before was so amorous) became most deformed, and fearful to look upon.

    Complete Essays Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • This done, the young man kissed her, in the doing whereof she writhe her neck in, sunder, so she died miserably, her body being metamorphosed into black and blue colors, most ugglesome to behold, and her face (which before was so amorous) became most deformed, and fearful to look upon.

    For Whom Shakespeare Wrote Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • This done, the young man kissed her, in the doing whereof she writhe her neck in, sunder, so she died miserably, her body being metamorphosed into black and blue colors, most ugglesome to behold, and her face (which before was so amorous) became most deformed, and fearful to look upon.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

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