ugliness
/ˈʌɡlinɪs/noun
ugliness is spelled U-G-L-I-N-E-S-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ugliness means “The condition of being ugly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ugliness is uglinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in ugliness?
| Letters | 8: U-G-L-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is ugliness?
Ugliness appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ugliness?
- US /ˈʌɡlinɪs/
Ugliness has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-ugliness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ugliness
- uglinesses plural
- uglinesse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ugliness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being ugly.
Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent. Sharon Tate
- 2
An unsightly or frightful object.
- 3
Unpleasant behaviour.
There was some ugliness at the council meeting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ugliness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition of being ugly:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | laideur |
| German | Hässlichkeit |
| Portuguese | feiura, fealdade |
| Spanish | fealdad, feúra |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ugliness come from?
From ugly + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).