ugliness
noun
ug·li·ness
ˈə-glē-nəs 
1
: the quality or state of being ugly
2
: something that is ugly
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To complain about the ugliness of the new Ferrante cover is to acknowledge that the old Europa Editions were also ugly — but those were iconically ugly.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Amid the ugliness to begin 2025, Coors Field’s been the opposite of a haven.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2025
And as Dave Delgado, the shop teacher who becomes Nancy’s confidant, Gael García Bernal tries to echo Kidman’s bubbly innocence, though he’s also tasked with flare-ups of ugliness that make this approach jarring.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The Heat lost their eighth straight game Monday in New York, getting outscored 41-15 in a third quarter too representative of this ugliness.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Amid the ugliness to begin 2025, Coors Field’s been the opposite of a haven.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2025
And as Dave Delgado, the shop teacher who becomes Nancy’s confidant, Gael García Bernal tries to echo Kidman’s bubbly innocence, though he’s also tasked with flare-ups of ugliness that make this approach jarring.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The Heat lost their eighth straight game Monday in New York, getting outscored 41-15 in a third quarter too representative of this ugliness.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Ugliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ugliness. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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