Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being ugly.

    Everything that's 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. Sharon Tate

    Hässlichkeit

    уро́дствоuródstvo

  2. (countable, uncountable)An unsightly or frightful object.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Unpleasant behaviour.

    There was some ugliness at the council meeting.

More definitions
  • qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses
  • the quality of being wicked

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Ugliness has one advantage over beauty: it lasts.

    Потворність володіє однією перевагою над красою - вона зберігається надовго. — rmdas

  2. Love brings beauty; malice brings ugliness.

    deLiebe bringt Schönheit; Bosheit Hässlichkeit. — Esperantostern

  3. Industry is the root of all ugliness.

    ruУсердие – корень всех уродств. — Ooneykcall

    deDer Fleiß ist die Wurzel aller Hässlichkeit. — Esperantostern

  4. You can really express ugliness in your language.

  5. Even plastic surgery won't do anything for your ugliness.

    ruДаже пластическая хирургия не сможет ничего сделать с твоей уродливостью. — alik_farber

    deNicht einmal die Schönheitschirurgie wird etwas gegen deine Hässlichkeit tun können. — MUIRIEL

Translations

8 languages
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condition of being ugly:
Deutsch
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condition of being ugly:

Forms

plural: uglinesses

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
RelateduglyA1

See also

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Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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