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?

I'm no native speaker, but interestingly enough, typing уродливый into a Yandex and Google image search seems to return mostly deformed animals (mostly cats and dogs) rather than ugly people. Whether this is indicative of how most Russian people use it, I'm not sure, but I found it interesting.

Originally Posted by zxc

I'm no native speaker, but interestingly enough, typing уродливый into a Yandex and Google image search seems to return mostly deformed animals (mostly cats and dogs) rather than ugly people. Whether this is indicative of how most Russian people use it, I'm not sure, but I found it interesting.

Because "уродливый человек" is just "урод" or "уродец".