Ugly Words

By: Parris Sanders

Word’s language of origin Number of syllables it contains Personal associations with words Sound Meaning Appearance

What makes one word “uglier” than

another?

Where did the word originate from?

Latin French Arabic Hindi Sanskrit

Word's Language Of Origin

Syllable: a unit of pronunciation having

one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word.

Example: Parris (Two Syllables) PAR-RIS

Number Of Syllables A Word Contains

Personal Preference

What about a word appeals to you? The root? The suffix?

Bad Experiences Condiments Experience

Personal Associations With Words

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What Does It Sound Like? What Do You Feel When Someone Says The

Word?

Sound

What does the mean actually? What does the word mean to YOU? What do you associate with the

meaning of this word?

Meaning

How does the word look? How does the appearance of the word make

YOU feel? Personal List of Appealing Words

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Appearance

1. Moist: slightly wet; damp or humid2. Phlegm: the thick viscous substance secreted by the mucous

membranes of the respiratory passages, esp. when produced in excessive or abnormal quantities

3. Hate: intense or passionate dislike4. Ooze: slowly trickle or seep out of something; flow in a very gradual

way5. Vomit: eject matter from the stomach through the mouth6. Putrid: decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell.7. Grotesque: comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.8. Mucus: a slimy substance, typically not miscible with water,

secreted by mucous membranes and glands for lubrication, protection, etc.

9. Puke: vomit.10. Pus: a thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected

tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum.

Top Ten Ugliest WordsSource: "The 12 Ugliest Words in English - Netscape Fun & Games." The 12 Ugliest Words in English - Netscape Fun & Games. N.p., n.d. Web. 23

Feb. 2014.