Unhandsome
//ˌʌnˈhæn.səm// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not handsome.
"Why, i’ faith, methinks she’s too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise: only this commendation I can afford her, that were she other than she is, she were unhandsome; and being no other but as she is, I do not like her."
Example
More examples"Why, i’ faith, methinks she’s too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise: only this commendation I can afford her, that were she other than she is, she were unhandsome; and being no other but as she is, I do not like her."
Etymology
From un- + handsome.
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