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  2. Ugly - Wikipedia

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    Ugly may refer to: Ugliness, a property of a person or thing that is unpleasant to look at, listen to or contemplate; Music. ... 9 languages ...

  3. Ugly American (pejorative) - Wikipedia

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    The Collins English Dictionary defines an Ugly American as "a stereotypical representation of an American tourist as a brash and insensitive philistine." [13] The Merriam-Webster dictionary’s definition is: "an American in a foreign country whose behavior is offensive to the people of that country." [14]

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    In AmE widely used also to mean the physical structure and property, and references to them, e.g., "home loans", "homeowners", and "tract homes". This usage is overwhelmingly predominant in commercial language and public discourse, e.g. "the home mortgage crisis". home run final part of a distance, final effort needed to finish (US: homestretch)

  5. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's multilingual support templates may also be used.

  6. Unattractiveness - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Aesthetically unfavorable characteristic The Ugly Duchess (painting by Quentin Matsys, c. 1513) Unattractiveness or ugliness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically unfavorable. Terminology Ugliness is a property of a person or thing that is ...

  7. Why Do Languages Have Gendered Words?

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    Today Dorman says 44% of languages have grammatical gender systems, which can help ease communication for people speaking and understanding a language. "Grammatical gender is a classification ...

  8. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    To barter means to exchange goods rather than carrying out commercial transactions using money. To haggle is to negotiate a price. Banter is a noun meaning a friendly or good-natured exchange of remarks. belie. To belie means "to contradict" or "to give a false impression of". It is sometimes used incorrectly to mean to betray something hidden ...

  9. How people define beauty in 19 different countries - AOL

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    Ester Honig, a human interest reporter, sent out a photograph of herself to 40 different photo editors in 25 different countries and gave them a single task -- to make her look beautiful.