as in unattractiveness
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Recent Examples of ugliness
Prefiguring the work of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, one of humanity’s most influential chroniclers of petroleum to date, Orwell turns industrial ugliness into beauty through the elegance of his sentences.
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Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
But for all of the dangers presented by the depths of the ocean and the peaks of mountains, cuteness or wildly exaggerated ugliness generally prevail.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
The seasons change, the significant intertwines with the insignificant, and beauty and ugliness coexist.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Disney added the idea of linking beauty and kindness on one side and physical and inner ugliness on the other.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
But for all of the dangers presented by the depths of the ocean and the peaks of mountains, cuteness or wildly exaggerated ugliness generally prevail.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
The seasons change, the significant intertwines with the insignificant, and beauty and ugliness coexist.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Disney added the idea of linking beauty and kindness on one side and physical and inner ugliness on the other.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ugliness
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“Ugliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ugliness. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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