ugly vs unattractive

ugly

noun
  • An ugly person or thing. 

  • Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet. 

  • Ugliness. 

verb
  • To make ugly (sometimes with up). 

adj
  • Displeasing to the ear or some other sense. 

  • Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. 

  • Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome. 

  • Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss. 

  • Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality. 

unattractive

noun
  • An aesthetically unattractive person 

adj
  • Not handsome or beautiful or appealing. 

  • Lacking the power to attract interest. 

How often have the words ugly and unattractive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )