ugly

西 (west) + (demon)
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Onyomi

Mnemonic

Western demons are ugly!! Ha ha it is so racist! To anyone who thinks this dictionary is not PC, well, sorry!Blame the Chinese!

Kunyomi

みにく*い the type of stick that hit your Moms way back when.
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Jukugo

醜悪(しゅうあく)

hideous, scandalous ☆☆☆☆☆ NP
(ugly) + (bad) = 醜悪 (hideous, scandalous)

hideous - more literary and more extreme than the related word 醜い (みにくい).

Also - unlike みにくい, 醜悪 is more often used figuratively to mean 'scandalous' : an ugly divorce, a scandalous rift between political factions.

Synonyms

ugly
醜い    醜悪    気色悪い    おぞましい