26984 words

ugliness

4 definitions • 6 examples
1
the quality of being unpleasant to look at, or not attractive:

Examples:

the ugliness of the buildings
He makes comedy out of his ugliness.
2
the quality of being unpleasant and threatening or violent:

Examples:

Some activists are dismayed by the occasional ugliness of the debate.
The revelation of abuse of prisoners displayed an ugliness to the war that shook even those who supported it.
3

Examples:

The city’s ugliness struck me.
4
something that is unpleasant and threatening or violent:

Examples:

He has ugliness in his heart.

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