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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And as Dave Delgado, the shop teacher who becomes Nancy’s confidant, Gael García Bernal tries to echo Kidman’s bubbly innocence, though he’s also tasked with flare-ups of ugliness that make this approach jarring.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The Heat lost their eighth straight game Monday in New York, getting outscored 41-15 in a third quarter too representative of this ugliness.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
As discussed at the time of the Newcastle takeover in 2021, this is all part of the ugliness of modern football — particularly in England, where the authorities have repeatedly turned a blind eye, happy to accept investment from almost any source, seemingly unworried by the strings attached.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
By trying to give this world such weight and grit, the filmmakers have doubled down on its ugliness.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The Heat lost their eighth straight game Monday in New York, getting outscored 41-15 in a third quarter too representative of this ugliness.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
As discussed at the time of the Newcastle takeover in 2021, this is all part of the ugliness of modern football — particularly in England, where the authorities have repeatedly turned a blind eye, happy to accept investment from almost any source, seemingly unworried by the strings attached.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
By trying to give this world such weight and grit, the filmmakers have doubled down on its ugliness.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
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 4 May. 2025.
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