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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1. Seán O'Casey:

   If church prelates, past or present, had even an inkling of physiology they'd realize that what they term this inner ugliness creates and nourishes the hearing ear, the seeing eye, the active mind, and energetic body of man and woman, in the same way that dirt and dung at the roots give the plant its delicate leaves and the full-blown rose.

2. Chris Columbus:

   I can understand the validity of showing people the ugliness of the world, but I also think there is a place for movies to leave people with a sense of hope. If your film isn't going to do that, I just don't think it's worth making.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   True education should teach us how to think, how to see the beauty in the midst of ugliness, how to love without judging, how to find opportunity to help, and how to develop a peaceful and nonviolent society.

4. Rick Scott:

   What I've always said is it violated the law, and people ought to be prosecuted, it could have probably had some less ugliness to it, but it was a demonstration.

5. Marquis de Sade:

   It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.