Ugliness: alternatives and connections

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

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The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

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The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.

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Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.

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The state of being filthy.

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The quality of being gaudy.

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Quality of being grotesque.

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Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

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Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

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Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity;…

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An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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