UGLINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ugliness" is a kind of...):

appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ugliness"):

unsightliness (ugliness that is unpleasant to look at)

grotesqueness; grotesquerie; grotesquery (ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion)

garishness; gaudiness (strident color or excessive ornamentation)

hideousness (dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness)

unattractiveness (an ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers)

eyesore (something very ugly and offensive)

Antonym:

beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)

Derivation:

ugly (displeasing to the senses)

Meaning:

The quality of being wicked

Synonyms:

nefariousness; ugliness; vileness; wickedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ugliness" is a kind of...):

evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ugliness"):

filthiness (moral corruption or pollution)

enormity (the quality of extreme wickedness)

Derivation:

ugly (morally reprehensible)