- ugliness
- noun Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being ugly 2. something that is ugly
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ugliness
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Ugliness — Ug li*ness, n. The quality or state of being ugly. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ugliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ugliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ugliness ugliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deformity deformity inelegance Sgm: N 1 acomia acomia Sgm: N 1 disfigurement disfigurement &c.(blemish) 848 Sgm: N 1 … English dictionary for students
ugliness — noun a) The condition of being ugly Everything thats realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent. b) An unsightly or frightful object Ant: beauty … Wiktionary
ugliness — A topic less discussed in aesthetics than beauty, but deserving attention. First, it has ethical and political implications, since being surrounded by ugliness is evidently an injury or harm and one that might deserve ethical and political remedy … Philosophy dictionary
ugliness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Repulsive appearance Nouns 1. ugliness, deformity, disfigurement, blemish; inelegance; want or lack of symmetry, distortion; impression; homeliness, plainness, unloveliness; grotesqueness; unsightliness … English dictionary for students
ugliness — ugly ► ADJECTIVE (uglier, ugliest) 1) unpleasant or repulsive in appearance. 2) hostile or threatening; likely to involve unpleasantness. DERIVATIVES uglify verb ugliness noun. ORIGIN from Old Norse, to be dreaded … English terms dictionary
ugliness — See uglily. * * * … Universalium
ugliness — Synonyms and related words: bearishness, bitchiness, cacophony, cantankerousness, churlishness, coarseness, crabbedness, cracked voice, crankiness, crossness, crustiness, cussedness, disagreeability, disagreeableness, discord, displeasingness,… … Moby Thesaurus
ugliness — ug·li·ness || ÊŒglɪnɪs n. unattractiveness, homeliness, state of being ugly, lack of physical beauty … English contemporary dictionary
ugliness — n. 1. Want of beauty, homeliness, uncomeliness, plainness, unsightliness, deformity. 2. Turpitude, depravity, loathsomeness, wickedness, enormity. 3. Ill nature, crossness, ill temper, viciousness, bad temper, spitefulness … New dictionary of synonyms
