Etymology
Origin of ill-looking
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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In front next to the driver slumped a desperately ill-looking man whose head lolled strangely on the seat back.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
I had noticed it often as I went about the city, a long grimy many-towered ill-looking place, distinct among the pallid bulks and hulks of the Commensal edifices.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
On foot, near the weighing stand, is a tall, powerful, and clumsy fellow, got up gaudily—a fellow with a lowering red face, in loud good-humour, very ill-looking.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
The man—an ill-looking fellow—was always about the house, and would not go away.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard
One can't call such persons either ill-looking or handsome, and their every-day characters inspire no feeling but that of utter indifference.
From King Matthias and the Beggar Boy by J?sika, Nicholas
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