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English noun: ugliness

1. ugliness (attribute) qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses


Broader (hypernym)appearance, visual aspect


Narrower (hyponym)eyesore, garishness, gaudiness, grotesqueness, grotesquerie, grotesquery, hideousness, unattractiveness, unpleasingness, unsightliness


Antonymsbeauty

2. ugliness (attribute) the quality of being wicked


Synonymsnefariousness, vileness, wickedness


Broader (hypernym)evil, evilness


Narrower (hyponym)enormity, filthiness









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