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单词 ugliness
释义

ugliness

noun

ug·​li·​ness ˈə-glē-nəs How to pronounce ugliness (audio)
1
: the quality or state of being ugly
2
: something that is ugly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Lawrence’s Migration Series without the ugliness of the American Jim Crow South? WSJ, 5 July 2022 This is the awkward dance everyone is doing as football starts amidst the ugliness of this entire situation. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 25 May 2022 But the ugliness of the G.O.P. infighting has at times obscured a political landscape that is increasingly tilted in the Republican direction in Georgia — and nationally. New York Times, 22 May 2022 The beauty of the performance came from the self-awareness that the occasionally affable Shane had about his ugliness. Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 When other characters, and even the man himself, scorn his disabilities and mock his ugliness, we are forced by the evidence of our senses to treat the derision metaphorically. New York Times, 11 July 2022 Weirdness encompasses all the bipolar properties of our existence, its beauty and ugliness, kindness and cruelty, good and evil. John Horgan, Scientific American, 14 June 2022 Though the formal challenges vary, Heti is always pressing at the membrane between life and art, beauty and ugliness, curious about how much the reader can take. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022 But her confirmation hearings were still heated—at times tinged with racial undertones—and the ugliness of the process helped sway at least two Republicans to vote for her. Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 7 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

ugliness

noun

as in unattractiveness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • unattractiveness
  • unsightliness
  • hideousness
  • grotesqueness
  • unloveliness
  • vileness
  • homeliness
  • repulsiveness
  • dreadfulness
  • plainness
  • loathsomeness
  • terribleness
  • ghastliness
  • offensiveness
  • disagreeableness
  • horribleness
  • imperfection
  • foulness
  • flaw
  • nastiness
  • blemish
  • unbecomingness
  • repellency

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • beauty
  • loveliness
  • prettiness
  • aesthetics
  • attractiveness
  • comeliness
  • fairness
  • esthetics
  • gorgeousness
  • handsomeness
  • cuteness
  • looks
  • glamor
  • beautifulness
  • attraction
  • fascination
  • glamour
  • allure
  • appeal
  • sightliness
  • elegance
  • sublimity
  • beauteousness
  • exquisiteness
  • radiance
  • charm
  • resplendence
  • radiancy
  • gloriousness
  • sublimeness
  • splendidness
  • delightfulness
  • resplendency
  • superbness
  • splendiferousness
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