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Noun
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Catullus’s work shows us ourselves, in all our three-dimensional goodness and terribleness, and sometimes this vision, in 2025, comes as a fun vindication.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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No amount of gore or ghastliness is off limits for the series, produced by horror champions Blumhouse, as Nicole Kidman's titular medical examiner pores over the remains of the dead.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Villainy, at the elite level, will not content itself with offensiveness alone; the all-timers, the boundary-pushers, bring fresh nuance to their antics.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
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And choosing to verify humanity through flaws could lead to a society that esteems errors, ugliness, and underachievement.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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There's no ugliness in molecules.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Horribleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribleness. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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