ugliness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being ugly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

monstrosity evil horror distortion defect deformation ugly mess awful nasty wickedness fright hideous depravity deformity
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Antonyms

beauty belle looker smasher pleasantness advantage
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Hypernyms

appearance evil evilness

Hyponyms

enormity filthiness eyesore gaudiness grotesqueness

Related terms

ugly

Anagrams

gluiness

Examples

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Oscar Wilde

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection. H. G. Wells

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness. Colette

Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty. Nigerian Proverb

If there is a character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. Nigerian Proverb

A child does not laugh at the ugliness of his mother. Ghana Proverb

Close letter words and terms

uglifier uglify uglily Uglish uglisome ugly