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单词 ugliness
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uglinessn.

Brit. /ˈʌɡlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈəɡlinᵻs/
Forms: Middle English, 1500s– ugli- (Middle English, 1500s–1600s vgli-), Middle English, 1600s–1700s ugly- (Middle English vgly-); Middle English vgg(e)ly-, 1600s uggli-; 1500s ougly-, 1500s–1600s ougli-, 1800s dialect oogli-; also Middle English -nes, Middle English–1600s -nesse.
Etymology: < ugly adj. + -ness suffix.
1.
a. Horror, dread, loathing. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun]
wlatingc725
wlatc960
ugginga1325
uglinessc1325
loathingc1340
abominationc1350
wlatsomenessc1380
wlatingness1382
fastidie?a1425
loathsomenessc1425
ugsomenessc1450
horribility1496
detestation1526
abhorring1528
dislikingc1540
fastidiousness1541
abhorfulness1556
fulsomeness1563
execration1570
abhorment1576
detesting1591
loath?1591
abhorrence1592
abhorrency1596
dislike1597
distaste1598
disgust1611
nausea1619
oppositeness1619
nauseousness1622
detest1638
wearisomeness1642
repugnance1643
odium1645
abhorrition1649
abominate1651
nausity1654
disdain1655
repugnancy1681
degoust1716
repulsion1751
self-repugnance1852
kick1893
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > [noun] > horror
grislea1225
grising?c1225
uga1240
hidourc1315
ugginga1325
uglinessc1325
horror1382
grisness1398
horribleness1398
hideousnessa1425
hideousshipc1430
ugrinessc1480
horringc1568
horrorie1600
phobia1786
horrification1801
aghastness1845
c1325 Metr. Hom. 21 For folc sal duin for din of se, And for baret that than sal be, Ouer al this werd bes rednes, Wandreth, and uglines.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6832 ‘Þar nan ordre wonand es,’ says he, ‘Bot uglynes [L. horror] þat ever mare sal be’.
a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) i. xxxvii Some men he tempteth also and namely solitary men & wymmen by dredes and vglynes, and quakynges and shakynges.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 43 Whare we sulde hafe vgglynes als vn-till oure body, for to ete flesche, and drynke blude of man, oure Lorde Ihesu Criste turnede his flesche and his blude in liknes of brede and of wyne.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 8 Þof-al I suffre no-þing, vgglynes [L. horror] of suffryng holdeth me.
b. A cause of horror or loathing. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun]
horribility13..
abominationc1384
Satan?a1513
abhorring1550
ugliness1587
vomit1612
loathing-stock1622
abhorrency1645
abhorrence1650
nausea1654
odium1681
abominablea1687
horrible1726
detestation1728
poison1875
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [noun]
horribility13..
grisliness1340
gastfulness1398
horribleness1398
grisliheada1400
hidoustyc1420
hidour1422
ugliness1587
ghastliness1591
horridnessa1631
horriditya1641
frightfulness1713
gruesomeness1886
macabrec1920
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvi. 294 What an ouglynesse then ought it to be vnto vs, when wee see how men..doe euery howre kill..and roote out one another?
2. The state of being ugly to look at; repulsiveness or marked inelegance of appearance:
a. As an abstract quality.Stronger in earlier than in later use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun]
uglinessc1340
foulnessa1398
dishonestyc1400
deformityc1450
laidure1483
ugsomeness1483
evilfavouredness1535
ill-favouredness1565
hard-favouredness1585
deformedness1588
disgrace1596
unsightliness1611
disfavour1706
hard-featuredness1839
eye-soreness1883
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 917 Aftir man,..vermyn es, And aftir vermyn stynkand uglynes.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 509/2 Vggelynesse, horribilitas.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vi. sig. Dd6v But all her hinder parts did plaine expresse A monstrous Dragon, full of fearefull vglinesse . View more context for this quotation
a1627 T. Middleton More Dissemblers besides Women v. ii, in 2 New Playes (1657) 77 A thing whose face through ugliness frights children.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 50 Which to dresse up and garnish with a devis'd bravery..addes nothing but a deform'd uglinesse.
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent ii. 22 You blast the Fair with Lies because they scorn you, Hate you like Age, like Ugliness and Impotence.
1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §21. 106 Though ugliness be the opposite to beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 25 Her features had every disadvantage of ugliness, but that of being remarkable.
1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 12 Of all these bereft, Nothing but pain and ugliness were left.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xvii. 249 The awful haggardness which gave something of character to the faces of the men, was sheer ugliness in the poor women.
1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche i. v. 2 She was as far Removed from beauty as is ugliness.
b. As a quality of particular things or persons.
ΚΠ
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2364 Sen þe devel þus has tane his uglines Of þe filth of syn, þat swa filand es.
a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27638 When he wex proud..out of heuyn he fell to hell, And al his vglines he toke Of sin of pride.
1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 97 The Egyptians..were..punished..with the number and vglines of them [frogs].
a1618 J. Sylvester Mem. Mortalitie iii Death's ouglinesse is but imagined; Under foule Vizard a faire Face shee wears.
1657 T. Wall Comment on Times 31 The ugliness of its [the leopard's] shape would more affright, then the sweetness of its scent allure.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vi. 183 And what adds to the uglyness of the town is the dirty smoaky look it has.
1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times i. 19 I was perfectly startled at his ugliness.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 69 Charles, though he liked her conversation, laughed at her ugliness.
1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 High above, the Imperial double eagle figured in all its ugliness, like a scarecrow nailed to a barn door.
c. An instance of this quality; an ugly thing or feature.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > instance of
indecency1605
ugliness1855
1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 29 Sept. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 366 All full of monstrosities and horrible uglinesses.
3. Moral repulsiveness or offensiveness; disgusting wickedness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [noun]
monstruosity1402
grievoustyc1410
outrageousnessc1450
enormityc1480
atrocity1534
malignitya1535
monstruousness1545
heinousness1563
monstrousness1574
ugliness1601
enormousnessa1631
monstrosity1639
enormance1682
flagrancy1714
atrociousness1731
society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > moral repulsiveness or deformity
deformityc1400
ugliness1601
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 B vij b We, being commanded by authority,..did describe the nature and vglinesse of the rebellion.
1645 H. Hammond Of Death-bed Repent. 33 A consideration..of the..detestable uglynesse of sinne.
a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. ix. 101 The ugliness likewise of human nature shall be discovered.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen v. 73 A shock of this kind disclosing the ugliness of a cheat, is more..convincing, than any mere proofs.
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 June in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) v. 295 I should like to know what it was..that made him insist upon having his actual likeness perpetuated, with all the ugliness of its animal and moral character.
1869 A. Maclaren Serm. preached in Manch. 2nd Ser. vii. 113 The Bible tells the shameful history in all its naked ugliness.
4. dialect. Bad temper; disagreeableness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun]
cursednessc1386
crabbedness1413
thrawnness1499
currishness1542
doggedness1592
spleen1597
incompliance1689
crustiness1727
dourness1794
grumpiness1835
cussedness1852
nabalism1853
ungeniality1859
disgrace1861
cantankerousness1881
ugliness1889
stroppiness1969
1889 M. Peacock Taales fra Linkisheere 76 I knaw what he is, when he's full o' his ugliness.
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