Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The property or character of being ugly, in any sense.
- n. Synonyms See ugly.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being ugly.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of being wicked
- n. qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses
Examples
“Ought we to steel our hearts against the temptation, which seems to be implanted as deep as anything in my own nature -- nay, deeper -- to hold that what one calls ugliness and bad taste is of the nature of sin?”
“Of the men who, as I have said, admired her, some felt a peculiar enchantment in what they called her ugliness; others declared her devilish handsome; and some shrank from her as if with an undefined dread of perilous entanglement, if she should but catch them looking her in the face.”
“View screenshots (below) to see how "ugliness" is rated, and shared your thoughts in the comments below.”
The Huffington Post: Ugly Meter iPhone App Raises Cyberbullying Concerns (PICTURES)
“The thing's just ugly, and one big proof of its ugliness is that until the most recent election, its list of cosponsors was mostly conservative Republicans like Trent Lott and Gordon Smith and reactionary Democrats like Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu.”
“Yet, the worst passage of class ugliness is this sober opinion, drenched with pity:”
“The ugliness from the right continues to speak for itself.”
“When your party leadership (such as it is) has so little self awareness that it thinks the solution to that ugliness is to justify it using over the top words like totalitarian it is time to find new leaders.”
“The lies, smears, vitriol and ugliness from a segment of our population that has been fed nothing but lies, fear and hatred for over a year now (or if you really wanted to be accurate, almost 30 years) is getting even uglier.”
“The greater ugliness is not the inappropriate outburst, but Ms. Dowd intentionally injecting a word loaded with a history of racial condescension to label a whole movement of opposition.”
Michael Williams (R Cand, SEN-TX) wants to talk about race. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“The extreme in ugliness if it fits; the extreme in terror if this is what's required.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ugliness’.
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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Cage
cage, depart, nothing, void, strain, unconscious, never, alone, floor, God, hell, winter and 219 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
Tweets
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Louises But the ugliness of this moment spread backwards ... But there was the cynic's version of Ockham's razor: all things being equal the shittiest explanation's the best Mar 29, 2012