ugliness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈʌɡ.li.nəs/ us/ˈʌɡ.li.nəs/
(UNATTRACTIVENESS)
丑陋，难看
the quality of being unpleasant to look at, or not attractive
the ugliness of the buildings 这些建筑的丑陋
He makes comedy out of his ugliness. 他用自己的难看相貌来制造喜剧效果。
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- The captain's wife, a woman of the most extreme ugliness, smiled toothlessly at me.
- There is a campaign to cleanse the campus of architectural ugliness by tearing down buildings.
- Whoever built the houses had insisted on uniformity, if not downright ugliness.
(VIOLENCE)
丑陋
the quality of being unpleasant and threatening or violent
Some activists are dismayed by the occasional ugliness of the debate. 一些活动人士对辩论中偶尔出现的丑陋感到惊愕。
The revelation of abuse of prisoners displayed an ugliness to the war that shook even those who supported it. 虐待囚犯现象的揭露表明了战争的丑陋，甚至震惊了那些支持战争的人。
See: ugly
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- Are we trying to hide the ugliness of the world from our children?
- The ugliness of the sentiments expressed by local people has taken some outsiders aback.
- There was no fight, there was no ugliness; he simply resigned.