Thread: What's a better word for ugly in Russian?

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Thus, even though the word уродливый does not necessarily have this meaning nowadays, it's still a rather strong word suggesting "an extreme degree of ugliness." Is this correct?

They are both quite strong. The difference is, "уродливый" is reserved primarily for people, while "безобразный" is used in a much wider variety of contexts in the meaning of "awful" (still, not as often as other equivalents).
I would use некрасивый unless the appearance is really bad.