ugliness

noun

Definition of uglinessnext
as in unattractiveness

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Recent Examples of ugliness His reputation has dwindled in recent years, and not without good reason—there’s a lot of ugliness in his work, especially his attitude toward women. — Charlie Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026 Through blood-curdling howls and rants about fascism, fraud, and fighting to understand your identity, Truck Violence push through ugliness to find something more unaltered and real. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026 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. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 June 2026 But after spending the past two decades exploring how music can cut through the ugliness of human nature, Carney decides to give our demons a fighting chance. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for ugliness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ugliness
  1. unattractiveness
  2. unsightliness
  3. hideousness
  4. grotesqueness
  5. homeliness
  6. plainness
  7. vileness
  8. terribleness
Noun
  • Historically, appearing fatigued has been associated with poor health, aging and unattractiveness.
    — Ella Alexander, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Definition of unattractiveness
Noun
  • 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
Definition of unsightliness
Noun
  • 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
Definition of hideousness
Noun
  • 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
Definition of grotesqueness
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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
  • 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
Definition of homeliness
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  • The sheer fact of filming fills a frame, even one composed with quasi-documentary plainness, with a plethora of details of narrative, expressive, aesthetic, intellectual, and historical import.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • To understand why men might have adopted a clothing system that prioritized plainness and conformity over color and change, this book investigates the gradual crystallization of this civic uniform of masculinity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Definition of plainness
Noun
  • Many have used numbers and moral philosophy to fathom the vileness of slavery in America, for example.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of vileness
Noun
  • 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
Definition of terribleness

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“Ugliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ugliness. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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