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
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
When we had coloured it red with the sap of the redwood tree of which I have spoken before, we had a very serviceable paddle, and not ill-looking either.
From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert
"Well, and I am sorry," said she, "for you are not so ill-looking a lad in the brother's clothes."
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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