Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ugglesome

/ˈʌɡəlsəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ug-gle-some
IPA: /ˈʌɡəlsəm/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Hath not dame Nature her ſelfe denied vnto vs her operation, in ſending fooꝛth aboꝛtiues, vntimely births, vggleſome monſters and fearfull miſhapen Creatures of God are angrie with vs and thꝛeaten vs with deſtruction, and yet we are nothing at all amẽded (alas) that ſhal become of vs?"
"[…] ſo ſhe dyed miſerably, her body being Metamorphoſed, into blew and blacke colours, moſt vggleſome to behold, and her face (whiche befoꝛe was ſo amoꝛous) became moſte defoꝛmed, and fearefull to looke vpon."

Etymology

From earlier *uglisome, uglysome, equivalent to ugly + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ugly

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more ugglesome (comparative) most ugglesome (superlative) uglesome (alternative) uglysome (alternative)

Homonyms

uglesome

Questions

How do you pronounce ugglesome?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌɡəlsəm/.
What does ugglesome mean?: Ugly, hideous.
Where does ugglesome come from?: From earlier *uglisome, uglysome, equivalent to ugly + -some.

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