- a variation of ill-favored.
ill-favoured
Britishadjective
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unattractive or repulsive in appearance; ugly
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offensive, disagreeable, or objectionable
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One of the travellers, a squint-eyed ill-favoured fellow, was foretelling that more and more people would be coming north in the near future.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
“You’d be everybody’s master, if you durst,” retorted Orlick, with an ill-favoured grin.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
An ill-favoured fellow in a light drab great coat wi' a cape to it.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Ráby no longer dreaded the poisoned food that he expected his gaoler to bring him, but next morning, strange to say, Janosics appeared with empty hands and a malicious leer on his ill-favoured features.
From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by J?kai, M?r
The latter was a squat, ill-favoured, heavy man, with small piercing eyes that were never at rest.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone
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