Ugliness

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UG'LINESS, n. [from ugly.]
1. Total want of beauty; deformity of person; as old age and ugliness.
2. Turpitude of mind; moral depravity; lothesomeness.
Their dull ribaldry must be offensive to any one who does not, for the sake of the sin, pardon the ugliness of its circumstances.

ugliness appears in definitions for these words:
Deformedness Deformity Foulness Homeliness Ill-favoredness Ugliness Unsightliness

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