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Define the word ugliness

"Ugliness" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Ugliness \Ug"li*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being ugly.
   [1913 Webster]

"ugliness" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

ugliness
     n : qualities that do not give pleasure to the senses [ant: beauty]

"ugliness" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "ugliness":
   bearishness, bitchiness, cacophony, cantankerousness, churlishness,
   coarseness, crabbedness, cracked voice, crankiness, crossness,
   crustiness, cussedness, disagreeability, disagreeableness, discord,
   displeasingness, displeasure, distastefulness, dryness,
   excitability, fractiousness, gruffness, gutturalism, gutturality,
   gutturalness, harshness, hoarseness, huffiness, huffishness,
   huskiness, irascibility, irritability, meanness, orneriness,
   perversity, raspiness, raucity, roughness, rudeness, scrapiness,
   scratchiness, snappishness, stertorousness, testiness, thickness,
   throatiness, unappealingness, unattractiveness, undelectability,
   undesirability, unpalatability, unpleasantness, unpleasingness,
   unsavoriness, waspishness

UGLINESS, n.  A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue
without humility.