ill-favoured
US ill-favored
unattractive or repulsive in appearance; ugly
offensive, disagreeable, or objectionable
Derived forms of ill-favoured
- ill-favouredly or US ill-favoredly, adverb
- ill-favouredness or US ill-favoredness, noun
Words Nearby ill-favoured
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How to use ill-favoured in a sentence
Three fair things that hide ugliness: good manners in the ill-favoured; skill in a serf; wisdom in the misshapen.
Ancient Irish Poetry | VariousHe was not an ill-favoured fellow, and regarded his prisoner in a half-friendly manner, Templemore thought.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyI regarded my hard-won and ill-favoured pledges of a meal with giddiness and discouragement.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersThey have good complexions, being white and red, but very ill-favoured features.
The head of the house is an ill-favoured person, of advanced age and wearing a tremendous wig.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. Second Volume | Joseph Grego
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