Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rearing one's ugly head

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables
rear-ing one's ug-ly -head
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rear one's ugly head

Questions

What does rearing one's ugly head mean?
present participle and gerund of rear one's ugly head

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