ugliness
- noun
- /ˈʌɡlɪnəs/
- There's nothing but ugliness here.
- physical ugliness
- beauty and ugliness
The sheer and redeemed hideous ugliness.
- The sheer and redeemed hideous ugliness.
- And I was just thinking about these women painters who deal in this combination of ugliness and beauty.
- I've been deployed to war zones in different parts of the world, seeing and experiencing first hand the, the harsh ugliness and realities of war and the cost.
- And we should, you know, fight to defend that public good against encroachments of of increasing ugliness.
- I love the kind of ugliness slash vulnerability generally in characters I've seen you play.
- And suddenly I moved to New York City, a city of cement, of ugliness, like trash in the streets and every corner is horrible.
- Good looks versus ugliness, having your senses in good condition.
Examples
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Many people cannot see the underlying ugliness in the way society treats its vulnerable members.
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There is so much ugliness in the world.
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It's nice to see some beauty in all this ugliness.
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If you leave, they will see only ugliness.
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In the course of his professional duties, Kedrigern had seen ugliness in many forms.
Fiction book (2001) -
Nathan shook his head at that, thinking about the ugliness of the crowd in town that day.
Fiction book (1990) -
Some were stunned by the ugliness of the city and longed to return to the redwoods.
Academic text (1994) -
The artist painted a scene that captured the ugliness of urban decay.
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The movie addressed themes of ugliness and how it often hides beneath the surface.
Synonyms
Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted
Being unpleasant to look at
The way something looks when people do not find it pleasing
A state when something looks ugly and strange in a way that shocks
A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away
A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting
How bad something looks, sounds, or smells to you
Not having an attractive appearance
A plain, unattractive look of a person or building
The quality of being inappropriate in behavior or appearance
The quality of being very ugly or cruel in a way that shocks people
Antonyms
- NSFW
The quality that makes people notice and like someone's looks or character
How Ugly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ugliness comes from ugly plus the ending -ness, meaning the 'state of being ugly', so it names the quality of an appearance that people find unpleasant.