ill-favoured

British  

adjective

1. unattractive or repulsive in appearance; ugly

2. offensive, disagreeable, or objectionable

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Other Word Forms

• ill-favouredly
  adverb
• ill-favouredness
  noun

Example Sentences

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

It seemed almost wantonly useless to have aided Fate in snatching a young and handsome lover from this ill-favoured, middle-aged woman.

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

It adds insult to this injury that his countenance should be described as "stern and ill-favoured."

From William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster by Pearce, Ernest Harold

Fidunia knew not that her ill-favoured countenance protected her from many a rough jest and coarse compliment.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa