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Recent Examples of ugliness
There has never been any ugliness between any of us.
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
That could open up a lane for Eagles QB Jalen Hurts to erase the ugliness of the regular season with a performance worthy of the reigning Super Bowl MVP.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
But the pain and ugliness that came from powers beyond our control was also met with incredible courage and compassion.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Instead, the camera simply observes these lives, which are astonishing in their ugliness, danger, and dread.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025
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Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
That could open up a lane for Eagles QB Jalen Hurts to erase the ugliness of the regular season with a performance worthy of the reigning Super Bowl MVP.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
But the pain and ugliness that came from powers beyond our control was also met with incredible courage and compassion.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Instead, the camera simply observes these lives, which are astonishing in their ugliness, danger, and dread.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ugliness
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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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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
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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
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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
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That plainness, though, adds to the sense that Death in the Family isn’t packing in unnecessary frills, just conveying what happened and following the facts.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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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 5 Feb. 2026.
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