ugliness
noun[U]
uk/ˈʌɡ.li.nəs/us/ˈʌɡ.li.nəs/uglinessnoun[U](UNATTRACTIVENESS)
thequalityof beingunpleasanttolookat, or notattractive:
丑陋，难看the ugliness of thebuildings这些建筑的丑陋
He makescomedyout of his ugliness.他用自己的难看相貌来制造喜剧效果。
- The captain'swife, a woman of the mostextremeugliness,smiledtoothlessly at me.
- There is acampaigntocleansethecampusofarchitecturalugliness bytearingdownbuildings.
- Whoeverbuiltthehouseshadinsistedonuniformity, if notdownrightugliness.
Not attractive to look at
- back end
- be no oil paintingidiom
- be not much to look atidiom
- bleakly
- bleakness
- chintzy
- excrescence
- gopping
- gracelessly
- hatchet-faced
- have a face like the back end of a busidiom
- hideous
- hideousness
- plug-ugly
- pretty
- pretty-pretty
- reptilian
- scrappily
- vulgarity
- vulgarly
uglinessnoun[U](VIOLENCE)
thequalityof beingunpleasantandthreateningorviolent:
丑陋Someactivistsaredismayedby theoccasionalugliness of thedebate.一些活动人士对辩论中偶尔出现的丑陋感到惊愕。
Therevelationofabuseofprisonersdisplayedan ugliness to thewarthatshookeventhose whosupportedit.虐待囚犯现象的揭露表明了战争的丑陋，甚至震惊了那些支持战争的人。
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ugly
- Are wetryingtohidethe ugliness of theworldfromourchildren?
- The ugliness of thesentimentsexpressedbylocalpeoplehas taken someoutsidersaback.
- There was nofight, there was no ugliness; hesimplyresigned.
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggressively
- aggressiveness
- aggro
- agonistic
- ferocity
- fierce
- fierceness
- fighting words
- flex
- pugnacious
- pugnacity
- rabble-rousing
- raging
- Rambo
- viciousness
- violence
- warlike
- warmonger
- warmongering