ugliness
Lack of beauty
Ugliness is the quality of being unpleasant to look at—the opposite of beauty.
The word extends beyond appearance to anything offensive or disagreeable: the ugliness of war, the ugliness of racism.
Ugliness can describe behavior as much as aesthetics: The debate descended into ugliness when personal attacks began.
State of being ugly
- hideousnessExtreme unattractiveness
- homelinessLack of physical attractiveness
- unattractivenessLack of visual appeal
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
eyesore · disfigurement · deformity · blemish · malformation · asymmetry · grotesqueness · ghastliness
Intense physical disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
aversion · nausea · detestation · recoil · wincing · grimace · shudder · horror
Disturbingly incongruous
- dissonanceLack of harmony
- clashingStriking with discord
- cacophonyHarsh, clashing sounds
- discordanceConflicting elements together
inharmony · grating · stridency · abrasiveness · unpleasantness · offensiveness · kitsch · crudeness
Mark of dishonor
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
derision · contempt · discrimination · shame · humiliation · mockery · cruelty · bullying
Dishonest abuse of power
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- vilenessDespicable quality
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
malice · cruelty · brutality · baseness · sordidness · heinousness · inhumanity · barbarity
Quality of being dreary
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
- grimnessStern, forbidding quality
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- severityIntensity of sternness
desolation · barrenness · starkness · brutalism · rawness · forbiddingness · dreariness · cheerlessness
unsightliness
State of being ugly
- hideousnessExtreme unattractiveness
- homelinessLack of physical attractiveness
- unattractivenessLack of visual appeal
plainness · eyesore · disfigurement · deformity · blemish · malformation · asymmetry · grotesqueness · ghastliness · grisliness
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
abhorrence · aversion · nausea · detestation · recoil · wincing · grimace · shudder · horror · distaste
jarring
Disturbingly incongruous
- dissonanceLack of harmony
- clashingStriking with discord
- cacophonyHarsh, clashing sounds
discordance · inharmony · grating · stridency · abrasiveness · unpleasantness · offensiveness · kitsch · crudeness · coarseness
stigma
Mark of dishonor
scorn · derision · contempt · discrimination · shame · humiliation · mockery · cruelty · bullying · exclusion
corruption
Dishonest abuse of power
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- vilenessDespicable quality
nastiness · malice · cruelty · brutality · baseness · sordidness · heinousness · inhumanity · barbarity · savagery
bleakness
Quality of being dreary
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
- grimnessStern, forbidding quality
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
severity · desolation · barrenness · starkness · brutalism · rawness · forbiddingness · dreariness · cheerlessness · joylessness
- unpleasantnesspain, anger, sadness, misery, disgust
- monstrositiesmonstrosity, monster, freak, abomination, grotesqueness
- uglinessunattractiveness, unsightliness, hideousness, homeliness, repulsiveness
- appearancelooks, attractive, features, beautiful, complexion
- aestheticsaesthetics, aesthetic, beauty, beautiful, pretty
- art criticismart criticism, review, art critic, critique, analysis
uglinessbeauty
Aesthetic excellence
attractiveness · handsomeness · prettiness · good looks · comeliness
uglinessbeauty
Aesthetic excellence
elegance · grace · aesthetic appeal · gracefulness · loveliness
uglinessgoodness
Moral excellence
inner beauty · righteousness · virtue · nobility · purity