Noun: ugliness úg-lee-nus
- Qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses
"The ugliness of the abandoned building was a blight on the neighbourhood"
- The quality of being wicked
"The ugliness of the criminal organization was revealed during the trial";
- nefariousness, wickedness, vileness
Type of: appearance, evil, evilness, ill, visual aspect
Antonym: beauty
Encyclopedia: Ugliness