ugliness
noun
ug·li·ness
ˈə-glē-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being ugly
2
: something that is ugly
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Do beautiful images of an ugly thing risk conferring some sort of palatability to that ugliness?
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Catherine Bray, Variety, 25 May 2025
None of the ugliness of Worlds Apart or Kaoh Rong permeated the proceedings, even amongst all the lying and backstabbing.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Rick is absolutely suffering from buyer’s remorse, very obviously regretting the ugliness his and Stuart’s break from Black & Associates has caused between the two firms.
—Ayan Artan, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
Viewed one way, all the ugliness since Inauguration Day seems like a bizarre effort to uproot and destroy America’s calm.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Catherine Bray, Variety, 25 May 2025
None of the ugliness of Worlds Apart or Kaoh Rong permeated the proceedings, even amongst all the lying and backstabbing.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Rick is absolutely suffering from buyer’s remorse, very obviously regretting the ugliness his and Stuart’s break from Black & Associates has caused between the two firms.
—Ayan Artan, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
Viewed one way, all the ugliness since Inauguration Day seems like a bizarre effort to uproot and destroy America’s calm.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ugliness
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“Ugliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ugliness. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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