ugliness
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ugliness
- /ˈʌɡlinɪs/ US
noun uglinesses · uglinesse
- The condition of being ugly. His best friend would not have called him good-looking, but he was the fortunate possessor of that cheerful type of ugliness which inspires immediate confidence in its owner.
- An unsightly or frightful object. Then she wrote back to me, responding to everything I wrote but this reference to love and sex […] A week or so went by, and she called. She was worried about me, wanted me to be careful, wanted to be happy, but she said that she had ignored that "ugliness" in my letter.
- Unpleasant behaviour. There was some ugliness at the council meeting.
Similar: ugliness, repulsiveness, homeliness · Opposite: beauty
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: abhorrence, atrocity, monstrosity, horror, outrage, ugly, unprettiness, hideousness, unattractiveness, unbeauty, fugliness, unloveliness, unsightliness, uncomeliness, hideosity, undutifulness
noun
Similar: ugliness, repulsiveness, homeliness · Opposite: beauty
Translations
Talk about this word "ugliness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ugliness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ugliness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ugliness "ugliness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ugliness.Cite this
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title = {ugliness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ugliness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
