ugliness

• Существительное, обозначающее качество или состояние неприятной или отталкивающей внешности, а также качество моральной отвратительности или порочности.

A noun referring to the quality or state of being unpleasant or displeasing in appearance, or the quality of being morally repulsive or wicked.

uncountable

1. Unpleasant appearanceB1formal

   The quality of having an appearance that is not pleasing to the senses, especially to the eye.

   Уродство

   • The ugliness of the old building was a topic of local debate.
   • She was struck by the ugliness of the industrial landscape.
   • The artist found beauty in the ugliness of the city streets.

   Synonymsdeformitygrotesquenesshomelinessplainnessrepulsivenessunattractivenessunsightliness

   Antonymsattractivenessbeautycomelinessgood lookshandsomenesslovelinessprettinesspulchritude

2. Moral wickednessC1formal

   The quality of being morally repulsive, evil, or cruel.

   Моральное уродство

   • The ugliness of his actions shocked the entire community.
   • The novel explores the ugliness of human greed and betrayal.
   • She could not ignore the ugliness of the corruption within the system.

   Synonymsbasenesscorruptiondepravityevilfoulnessiniquitysinfulnessturpitudevilenesswickedness

   Antonymsgoodnessmoralitypurityrighteousnessvirtue