ill-favored
[ il-fey-verd ]
adjective
unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
offensive; unpleasant; objectionable.
Origin of ill-favored
1First recorded in 1520–30
- Also especially British, ill-fa·voured .
Other words from ill-favored
- ill-fa·vored·ly, adverb
- ill-fa·vored·ness, noun
Words Nearby ill-favored
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How to use ill-favored in a sentence
The chiefs turned their ill-favored countenances on each other, and talked for a while in their own language.
Overland | John William De ForestEven aside from the pouring in of the ill-favored, the crossing of the heterogeneous is bound to lessen good looks among us.
The Old World in the New | Edward Alsworth RossThe women especially were ill-favored, and with an air of savage daring and effrontery I had never seen before.
Sir Jasper Carew | Charles James LeverThe officers were not ill-favored, only servile and full of fear of him.
In Search of Mademoiselle | George GibbsIn youth he was bashful, eccentric, and amazingly ill-favored.
Prophets of Dissent | Otto Heller
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