as in unattractiveness
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Recent Examples of ugliness
There have been bad snaps, bad passes, dropped passes, defenders in the backfield before any quarterback could be ready, and other ugliness that happens in every camp at every level of this beautiful game.
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Lop off the tops and bottoms of giant heirloom tomatoes like Cherokee Purples or Red Zebras endowed with divine characteristics through fine lineage, including a gorgeous ugliness, striking Technicolors, patterns, and a seductive sweetness.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
The ugliness of this wasteful, inane operation has instantly turned the American public against the president and his party on his signature issue of immigration.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Los Angeles is good for feeling ugly but sort of remote about it, as if your ugliness were a phenomenon happening to somebody else.
—Maya Binyam, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 28 July 2025
Lop off the tops and bottoms of giant heirloom tomatoes like Cherokee Purples or Red Zebras endowed with divine characteristics through fine lineage, including a gorgeous ugliness, striking Technicolors, patterns, and a seductive sweetness.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
The ugliness of this wasteful, inane operation has instantly turned the American public against the president and his party on his signature issue of immigration.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Los Angeles is good for feeling ugly but sort of remote about it, as if your ugliness were a phenomenon happening to somebody else.
—Maya Binyam, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ugliness
unattractiveness
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Historically, appearing fatigued has been associated with poor health, aging and unattractiveness.—
Ella Alexander,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Ugliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ugliness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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