ugliness
noun
ug·li·ness
ˈə-glē-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being ugly
2
: something that is ugly
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To understand the ugliness of the Giants’ 6-3 loss to the Miami Marlins on Saturday evening at loanDepot Park, take a look at the play-by-play log for the bottom of the fourth inning.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
But slowly the strings droop and the chords sour, preparing us for the approach Bjørn will take on the album, which is to play around in beauty and then throw the listener off with striking moments of ugliness.
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Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
Most significantly, Lepore found that readers wanted to know the full story of their country—the progress and the revanchism, the beauty and the ugliness, the racial massacres and the Indian New Deal.
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Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
None of the ugliness of World's Apart or Kaôh Rōng permeated the proceedings, even amongst all the lying and backstabbing.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
But slowly the strings droop and the chords sour, preparing us for the approach Bjørn will take on the album, which is to play around in beauty and then throw the listener off with striking moments of ugliness.
—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
Most significantly, Lepore found that readers wanted to know the full story of their country—the progress and the revanchism, the beauty and the ugliness, the racial massacres and the Indian New Deal.
—
Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
None of the ugliness of World's Apart or Kaôh Rōng permeated the proceedings, even amongst all the lying and backstabbing.
—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for ugliness
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“Ugliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ugliness. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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