ill-favored

[ il-fey-verd ]

adjective

1. unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
2. offensive; unpleasant; objectionable.

Other Words From

• ill-favored·ly adverb
• ill-favored·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-favored¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

The chiefs turned their ill-favored countenances on each other, and talked for a while in their own language.

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Even aside from the pouring in of the ill-favored, the crossing of the heterogeneous is bound to lessen good looks among us.

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The women especially were ill-favored, and with an air of savage daring and effrontery I had never seen before.

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The officers were not ill-favored, only servile and full of fear of him.

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In youth he was bashful, eccentric, and amazingly ill-favored.

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