Synonyms for ugliness
ug·li·ness

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1. uglinessnoun

   Antonyms:
   beauty

2. uglinessnoun

   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

   Antonyms:
   beauty

3. uglinessnoun

   Antonyms:
   beauty

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1. uglinessnoun

   qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses

   Synonyms:
   nefariousness, vileness, wickedness

   Antonyms:
   beauty

2. nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, uglinessnoun

   the quality of being wicked

   Synonyms:
   darkness, lousiness, sinfulness, wickedness, sliminess, repulsiveness, vileness, dark, loathsomeness, immorality, nefariousness, evil, sin, iniquity

   Antonyms:
   beauty

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1. List of paraphrases for "ugliness":

   atrocity, horror

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How to use ugliness in a sentence?

1. H. G. Wells:

   There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.

2. Prince Harry:

   [He was] still able to see the goodness in humanity, still buoyant with a beautiful spirit that lifted everyone around him, not because he was blind to the ugliness, the injustices of the world – no. He saw them clearly. He had lived them. But because he knew we could overcome them.

3. Darrell Urban Black:

   Hatred seldom reaches its intended target it only reveals the true ugliness of the perpetrator.

4. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Life has its ugliness and ups and downs, but look for the beauty and you will find it.

5. Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu:

   When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty,There arises the recognition of ugliness.When they all know the good as good,There arises the recognition of evil.