Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The property or character of being ugly, in any sense.
- noun Synonyms See
ugly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being ugly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being
ugly - noun An
unsightly orfrightful object
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being wicked
- noun qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses
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Examples
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Ought we to steel our hearts against the temptation, which seems to be implanted as deep as anything in my own nature -- nay, deeper -- to hold that what one calls ugliness and bad taste is of the nature of sin?
The Altar Fire Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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Of the men who, as I have said, admired her, some felt a peculiar enchantment in what they called her ugliness; others declared her devilish handsome; and some shrank from her as if with an undefined dread of perilous entanglement, if she should but catch them looking her in the face.
Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864
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Ugly Meter iPhone App Raises Cyberbullying Concerns (PICTURES) The Huffington Post 2010
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View screenshots (below) to see how "ugliness" is rated, and shared your thoughts in the comments below.
Ugly Meter iPhone App Raises Cyberbullying Concerns (PICTURES) The Huffington Post 2010
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When your party leadership (such as it is) has so little self awareness that it thinks the solution to that ugliness is to justify it using over the top words like totalitarian it is time to find new leaders.
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The lies, smears, vitriol and ugliness from a segment of our population that has been fed nothing but lies, fear and hatred for over a year now (or if you really wanted to be accurate, almost 30 years) is getting even uglier.
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The thing's just ugly, and one big proof of its ugliness is that until the most recent election, its list of cosponsors was mostly conservative Republicans like Trent Lott and Gordon Smith and reactionary Democrats like Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu.
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The greater ugliness is not the inappropriate outburst, but Ms. Dowd intentionally injecting a word loaded with a history of racial condescension to label a whole movement of opposition.
Michael Williams (R Cand, SEN-TX) wants to talk about race. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Yet, the worst passage of class ugliness is this sober opinion, drenched with pity:
Imperfect Union 2009
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The ugliness from the right continues to speak for itself.
Louises commented on the word ugliness
But the ugliness of this moment spread backwards ... But there was the cynic's version of Ockham's razor: all things being equal the shittiest explanation's the best
March 29, 2012