prepossessing
[pree-puh-zes-ing]
adjective
that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.
Origin of prepossessing
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Related Words for unprepossessing
horrid, grotesque, unseemly, unsightly, awful, grisly, hideous, ugly, unattractive, drab, animal, appalling, beastly, deformed, foul, frightful, gross, homely, ill-favored, loathsomeExamples from the Web for unprepossessing
Historical Examples of unprepossessing
Despite this evidence of a hasty toilet in semidarkness, he was not unprepossessing.
Keziah CoffinJoseph C. Lincoln
Altogether it was as unprepossessing a place as I had ever seen.
The Silent BulletArthur B. Reeve
Yes, and her mother, if the older woman be such, is not at all unprepossessing.
Dave Darrin After The Mine LayersH. Irving Hancock
This, from their unprepossessing appearance, we were not well-disposed to do.
In the Eastern SeasW.H.G. Kingston
Beneath an unprepossessing exterior she has a heart of gold.
The Belovd VagabondWilliam J. Locke
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