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Recent Examples of ugliness
But the downside of hardcore wrestling fans is all the internet wrestling ugliness (and burner accounts) that makes the IWC tick.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
And as the book went on there was more and more ugliness.
—Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
Other actors with Abdul-Mateen’s wide smile, soft voice, and broad shoulders may have just leaned on their looks to cover up their character’s least-likable moments — as if gobs of charm in one scene can erase the ugliness glimpsed in others.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
Kee wrote the song about his wife and needing a getaway from the ugliness of day-do-day life.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
And as the book went on there was more and more ugliness.
—Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026
Other actors with Abdul-Mateen’s wide smile, soft voice, and broad shoulders may have just leaned on their looks to cover up their character’s least-likable moments — as if gobs of charm in one scene can erase the ugliness glimpsed in others.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
Kee wrote the song about his wife and needing a getaway from the ugliness of day-do-day life.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ugliness
Noun
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Historically, appearing fatigued has been associated with poor health, aging and unattractiveness.—
Ella Alexander,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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All the chickens, turkeys, goats, and pigs carry a certain odor, their makeshift habitat a distinct unsightliness, which disagree with Bruce and his husband Darrell’s more regal tastes.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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What makes your own skin crawl isn’t just the hideousness of the violence but the unblinking matter-of-factness with which DaCosta films it.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Jude didn’t intend the grotesqueness of the film’s AI images to reflect humanity’s own grotesque behaviors; that’s a matter of interpretation.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Its homeliness is also its wealth—small and bricked, perhaps no longer functioning in its original capacity as a home to farmers but retaining a gift for earthy pleasures by keeping green, by keeping humble.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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While Nara Smith has gained popularity for cooking entirely from scratch, Bob’s approach is leans into relatability, comfort and homeliness rather than aspiration.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Maybe that’s because the interiors have a certain plainness — one that’s accurate to Georgian classicism but boring to Hollywood hotshots.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Catullus’s work shows us ourselves, in all our three-dimensional goodness and terribleness, and sometimes this vision, in 2025, comes as a fun vindication.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Ugliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ugliness. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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