Ugliness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses

the quality of being wicked

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈʌɡlinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈʌɡlinəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈʌɡlinəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈʌɡlinəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

nefariousness wickedness vileness

Antonyms

beauty

Word Forms

ugly	adjective	displeasing to the senses
nefarious	adjective	extremely wicked
wicked	adjective	morally bad in principle or practice

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Hässlichkeit

Erscheinungsqualitäten, die den Sinnen keine Freude bereiten

🇫🇷French

laideur

qualités d'apparence qui ne procurent pas de plaisir aux sens

🇪🇸Spanish

fealdad

Cualidades de apariencia que no dan placer a los sentidos.

🇮🇹Italian

bruttezza

qualità dell'apparenza che non danno piacere ai sensi

🇳🇱Dutch

lelijkheid

uiterlijke eigenschappen die de zintuigen geen plezier bezorgen

🇵🇹Portuguese

feiúra

qualidades de aparência que não dão prazer aos sentidos

🇷🇺Russian

уродство

качества внешности, которые не доставляют удовольствия чувствам

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कुरूपता

दिखावे के गुण जो इन्द्रियों को सुख नहीं देते

🇧🇩Bengali

কদর্যতা

চেহারার গুণাবলী যা ইন্দ্রিয়কে আনন্দ দেয় না

🇮🇳Tamil

அசிங்கம்

புலன்களுக்கு இன்பம் தராத தோற்றத்தின் குணங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

వికారము

ఇంద్రియాలకు ఆనందాన్ని ఇవ్వని ప్రదర్శన లక్షణాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

कुरूपता

स्वरूपाचे गुण जे इंद्रियांना आनंद देत नाहीत

🇮🇳Gujarati

કુરૂપતા

દેખાવના ગુણો જે ઇન્દ્રિયોને આનંદ આપતા નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೊಳಕು

ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಆನಂದವನ್ನು ನೀಡದ ನೋಟದ ಗುಣಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വൃത്തികെട്ടത്

ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങൾക്ക് ആനന്ദം നൽകാത്ത രൂപഭാവ ഗുണങ്ങൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਸੂਰਤ

ਦਿੱਖ ਦੇ ਗੁਣ ਜੋ ਇੰਦਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਨੰਦ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدصورتی

ظاہری خصوصیات جو حواس کو خوشی نہیں دیتی ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

丑陋

不给感官带来愉悦的外观品质

🇯🇵Japanese

醜さ

感覚に喜びを与えない外見の特質

🇰🇷Korean

추함

감각에 즐거움을 주지 않는 외모의 특성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự xấu xí

những đặc điểm về ngoại hình không mang lại khoái cảm cho các giác quan

🇹🇭Thai

ความน่าเกลียด

คุณสมบัติของรูปลักษณ์ที่ไม่ทำให้เกิดความพึงพอใจต่อความรู้สึก

🇮🇩Indonesian

kejelekan

kualitas penampilan yang tidak memberikan kenikmatan pada indra

🇵🇭Filipino

kapangitan

mga katangian ng hitsura na hindi nagbibigay ng kasiyahan sa mga pandama

🇲🇾Malay

keburukan

sifat rupa yang tidak memberi kenikmatan kepada pancaindera

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قبح

صفات المظهر التي لا تسر الحواس

🇮🇷Persian

زشتی

ویژگی های ظاهری که به حواس لذت نمی بخشد

🇹🇷Turkish

çirkinlik

duyulara zevk vermeyen görünüm nitelikleri

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְכוֹעָרוּת

איכויות מראה שאינן נותנות הנאה לחושים

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