lelijk

Meaning

Adj

ugly

Adv

badly

Concepts

ugly

rotten

wretched

nasty

lousy

no-good

angry

😠

horrendous

horrid

irate

mad

shitty

trashy

repulsive

no good

🙅

wud

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

mean

unattractive

unsightly

up in arms

homely

troppo

agro

torqued off

p.o.ed

paltry

pissed

Opposite of

mooi

Synonyms

rot

shit

💩

boos

gebelgd

😠

gram

guur

kaal

kwaad

😠

armoedig

beroerd

👎

schamel

schunnig

verbolgen

😠

verstoord

vertoornd

wrevelig

sjofel

slordig

verwaarloosd

vergramd

met opgestoken zeilen

op hoge poten

miezerig

kwade

lui

rot-

boze

shit-

schandaal

schandalig

bedorven

pokken-

kloten-

kut-

vuil

Translations

feio

feo

laid

hässlich

brutto

turpis

häßlich

feia

lleig

قبيح

άσχημος

moche

übel

👎

vilain

🦹‍♂️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈleː.lək/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: leetlijc

Cognate with Old Saxon: lēthlīk

Cognate with Old High German: leidlīh

Cognate with Old Frisian: lēthlik

Cognate with Old English: lāðlīc

In summary

From Middle Dutch leetlijc, lelic. Equivalent to leed (“sorrow”) + -lijk (“-like”). Cognate with Old Saxon lēthlīk, Old High German leidlīh (but modern German leidlich (“tolerable”) is not directly related), Old Frisian lēthlik, Old English lāðlīc (Modern English loathly).