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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Song Writing & Lyrics

Don't make me get real ugly

And she was tall and statuesque
She looked straight over my puzzled head
She said "Don't make me get real ugly
You heard just what I said""
(From French African Queen lyrics by Gregory Porter.)

What does "Don't make me get real ugly" mean in the context above? Does it mean 'Don't make me angry'?
  

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Basically, yes. Here ugly is used to mean angry , unpleasant , unfriendly , hard to deal with .

  • Basically, yes.
  • Here ugly is used to mean angry , unpleasant , unfriendly , hard to deal with .
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Basically, yes. Here ugly is used to mean angry, unpleasant, unfriendly, hard to deal with.
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Thank you, BJ, for the reply.

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