When seen in the perspective of half-a-dozen years or more, the best of our fashions strike us as grotesque, if not unsightly.
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Unsightly
//ʌnˈsaɪtli//
Synonyms for "unsightly" (90 found)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived from
1 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- грозен adj (displeasing to the eye)
- противен adj (displeasing to the eye)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 難看 /难看 adj (displeasing to the eye)
Czech
1 entries- nevzhledný adj (displeasing to the eye)
Finnish
3 entries- epämiellyttävän näköinen adj (displeasing to the eye)
- ruma adj (displeasing to the eye)
- rumannäköinen adj (displeasing to the eye)
French
2 entries- disgracieux adj (displeasing to the eye)
- inesthétique adj (displeasing to the eye)
Icelandic
1 entries- óásjálegur adj (displeasing to the eye)
Italian
2 entries- antiestetico adj (displeasing to the eye)
- inguardabile adj (displeasing to the eye)
Jamtish
1 entries- ljøt adj (displeasing to the eye)
Japanese
1 entries- 目障り adj (displeasing to the eye)
Latin
1 entries- turpis adj (displeasing to the eye)
Māori
1 entries- haruharu adj (displeasing to the eye)
Portuguese
1 entries- antiestético adj (displeasing to the eye)
Romanian
2 entries- dizgrațios adj (displeasing to the eye)
- inestetic adj (displeasing to the eye)
Russian
1 entries- непригля́дный adj (displeasing to the eye)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अश्रीर adj (displeasing to the eye)
Slovak
3 entries- nepekný adj (displeasing to the eye)
- nevkusný adj (displeasing to the eye)
- nevzhľadný adj (displeasing to the eye)
Spanish
1 entries- antiestético adj (displeasing to the eye)
Swedish
3 entries- anskrämlig adj (displeasing to the eye)
- ful adj (displeasing to the eye)
- gräslig adj (displeasing to the eye)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He has unsightly hairs growing out of his ears.
Source: tatoeba (723227)
If he doesn't shave for a few days, he gets that unsightly stubble on his chin.
Source: tatoeba (2354316)
The whole nature, even in what is considered unsightly, is, for those who feel, who are sincerely moved, a source of eternal and ever new beauty.
Source: tatoeba (6133906)
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