ugsome

Adjective

ugsome (comparative more ugsome, superlative most ugsome)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) Ugly; horrible; disgusting; offensive, loathsome, repellent.
   • This is hell, this is the image of death, this is hell, ſuch an euil fauored face, ſuch an ugſom countenance, ſuche an horrible viſage our ſauiour Chriſt ſaw of death and hell in the gardein.1553, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[Certayn Other Sermons Preached … in Lincolneshyre …] Edward VI 7”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […]...
   • Still, it's a cosy country, / unracked by riots or strikes / and backward at drug-taking: / I've heard of a dozen lands / where life sounds far more ugsome, / fitter goals for your disgust.1972, W. H. Auden, Epistle to a Godson: and Other Poems, page 28