UG'LINESS, noun [from ugly.] 1. Total want of beauty; deformity of person; as old age and ugliness 2. Turpitude of mind; moral depravity; lothesomeness. Their dull ribaldry must be offensive to any one who does not, for the sake of the sin, pardon the ugliness of its circumstances.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI