Ugliness  

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Ugliness is possessed by physical things that are unappealing to the senses, especially visually. It often indicates that something provokes revulsion or horror. The term is commonly used in reference to human appearance. The opposite of ugliness is beauty.

Some argue that ugliness is a matter of subjective aesthetics, claiming that one person may perceive to be beautiful something that another may find ugly (as referenced in the popular phrase Beauty is in the eye of the beholder). However the predominant view in the scientific fields is that human ugliness is part of sexual selection and an indicator of poor genetic or physical health.

Although usually thought of in terms of a lack of physical beauty, the property of ugliness, like beauty, may also be ascribed to other phenomena, such as music, literature, human behavior, and so on.

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Adjective

  1. very unattractive, repulsive.
  2. displeasing to the eye, or ear, or sensibilities; unsightly.
  3. not aesthetically pleasing.

Related terms

aesthetics - bad - dirty - disgusting - freaks - grotesque - incongruity - monster - offensive - obscene - repulsive - sordid

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