as in unattractiveness
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Recent Examples of ugliness
For all its ugliness, hardness is seductive, as is a toxic, dominating man’s pull.
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Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Week 3: Colts 21, Bears 16 Despite all of the ugliness, all of the mistakes that had preceded the moment, Bears quarterback Caleb Williams took a snap with a chance to lead the winning drive with 6 minutes, 52 seconds to play against the Colts.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
This ugliness and sense of intimidation is a Trump era thing.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Wilder’s film, for all its offbeat humor and quotable zingers, was always about the ugliness of Hollywood and the monstrous cruelty of an industry that drains its players like a vampire does its victims.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
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Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Week 3: Colts 21, Bears 16 Despite all of the ugliness, all of the mistakes that had preceded the moment, Bears quarterback Caleb Williams took a snap with a chance to lead the winning drive with 6 minutes, 52 seconds to play against the Colts.
—Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
This ugliness and sense of intimidation is a Trump era thing.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Wilder’s film, for all its offbeat humor and quotable zingers, was always about the ugliness of Hollywood and the monstrous cruelty of an industry that drains its players like a vampire does its victims.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Ugliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ugliness. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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