ugly American

== English == === Alternative forms === Ugly American === Etymology === From the novel The Ugly American (1958) by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick (though the character in the novel is only physically ugly and otherwise morally upright). === Pronunciation === === Noun === ugly American (plural ugly Americans) (idiomatic) An American government representative, tourist, or businessperson who, in dealing with people of other nations, is haughty, rude, meddlesome, chauvinistic, or jingoistic.