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ill-looking

[ il-look-ing ]

adjective

, Older Use.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-looking1

First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences

At the age of forty-five Monte Irvin was not ill-looking, and, indeed, was sometimes spoken of as handsome.

These people were sallow-coloured or ill-looking, had ugly heads of hair, large eyes, and broad cheeks.

The most inferior horses are ill-looking, small, and rough-skinned.

At this moment, the ill-looking man was inspecting the hole in the crown of his three-cornered hat.

A very ordinary-looking man, rather under-sized and ill-looking—it was the taxi-driver.

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