Definition of ugliness

"ugliness" in the noun sense

1. ugliness

qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses

2. nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness

the quality of being wicked

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Quotations for ugliness

Love hides ugliness. [ Gaelic Proverb ]

Ugliness without tact is horrible. [ Hawthorne ]

Some men's ugliness is hard to beat. [ G. D. Prentice ]

Nothing is irredeemably ugly but sin. [ Balzac ]

Absolute and entire ugliness is rare. [ Ruskin ]

Vice in its own pure native ugliness. [ Crabbe ]

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind. [ James Ellis ]

Oh! I have pass'd a miserable night.
So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
That, as I am a Christian faithful man,
I would not spend another such a night
Though 'twere to buy a world of happy days. [ William Shakespeare ]

Few persons comprehend the power of ugliness. [ Mirabeau ]

Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous. [ Chamfort ]

Ugliness is a letter of credit for some special purposes. [ Chesterfield ]

Ugliness, after virtue, is the best guardian of a young woman. [ Mme. de Genlis ]

Proper deformity seems not in the fiend so horrid as in woman. [ William Shakespeare ]

An ugly woman in a rich habit set out with jewels nothing can become. [ Dryden ]

Happiness does away with ugliness, and even makes the beauty of beauty. [ Amiel ]

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty, but kind to ugliness. [ Ouida ]

There are no ugly women; there are only women who do not know how to look pretty. [ Antoine Berryer ]

The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot. [ Homer ]

An ugly face and the want of exterior beauty generally increases the interior beauty. [ Chatfield ]

In nature there's no blemish but the mind; none can be called deformed but the unkind. [ William Shakespeare ]

Beauty and ugliness disappear equally under the wrinkles of age: one is lost in them, the other hidden. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

I do not know that she was virtuous; but she was always ugly, and with a woman, that is half the battle. [ Heinrich Heine ]

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities and is only ugly enough. [ H. W. Shaw ]

Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness. [ Sheridan ]

Both beauty and ugliness are equally to be dreaded; the one as a dangerous gift, the other as a melancholy affliction. [ Eliza Cook ]

Loveliness does more than destroy ugliness; it destroys matter. A mere touch of it in a room, in a street, even on a door-knocker, is a spiritual force. [ Prof. Drummond ]

These men (chronic fault-finders) should consider that it is their envy which deforms everything, and that the ugliness is not in the object, but in the eye. [ Steele ]

ugliness in Scrabble®

The word ugliness is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters ugliness:

UGLINESS
(90)
UGLINESS
(90)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

gunless, singles

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word ugliness

UGLINESS
(90)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In ugliness

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(90)
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(82 = 32 + 50)
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(62 = 12 + 50)
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(60 = 10 + 50)
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(60 = 10 + 50)
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(59 = 9 + 50)
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GNEISS
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ugliness in Words With Friends™

The word ugliness is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters ugliness:

UGLINESS
(102)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

gunless, singles

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word ugliness

UGLINESS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In ugliness

UGLINESS
(102)
GUNLESS
(101 = 66 + 35)
GUNLESS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SINGLES
(92 = 57 + 35)
SINGLES
(92 = 57 + 35)
UGLINESS
(90)
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(89 = 54 + 35)
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(89 = 54 + 35)
SINGLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
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(86 = 51 + 35)
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UGLINESS
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(63 = 28 + 35)
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(63 = 28 + 35)
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(63)
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(63 = 28 + 35)
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(63)
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(61 = 26 + 35)
SINGLES
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(61 = 26 + 35)
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(61 = 26 + 35)
GUNLESS
(61 = 26 + 35)
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(61 = 26 + 35)
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(61 = 26 + 35)
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(61 = 26 + 35)
GENIUS
(60)
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(60)
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(59 = 24 + 35)
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(57 = 22 + 35)
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(57 = 22 + 35)
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(57)
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(57 = 22 + 35)
LUNGES
(57)
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(56)
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(55 = 20 + 35)
GUILES
(54)
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(54)
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(54 = 19 + 35)
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(54)
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(53 = 18 + 35)
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(51)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
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(51)
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LUNIES
(51)
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(51 = 16 + 35)
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(51)
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(51)
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(51)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48 = 13 + 35)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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Words within the letters of ugliness

2 letter words in ugliness (7 words)

3 letter words in ugliness (18 words)

7 letter words in ugliness (2 words)

8 letter words in ugliness (1 word)

ugliness + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence ugliness

Words that start with ugliness (1 word)

Words with ugliness in them (1 word)

Words that end with ugliness (1 word)

Word Growth involving ugliness

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