unsightly

un·sight·ly (

n-s

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adj. un·sight·li·er, un·sight·li·est

Unpleasant or offensive to look at; unattractive. See Synonyms at ugly.

unsightli·ness n.

unsightly [ʌnˈsaɪtlɪ]

adj

unpleasant or unattractive to look at; ugly

unsightliness n

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Adj.

unsightly - unpleasant to look at; "unsightly billboards"

ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

unsightly

adjective ugly, unattractive, repulsive, unpleasant, revolting (informal), hideous, horrid, disagreeable, unprepossessing My mother has had unsightly varicose veins for years.
pretty, beautiful, attractive, pleasing, handsome, cute, agreeable, comely, prepossessing

Translations

unsightly [ʌnˈsaɪtlɪ] ADJ → feo

unsightly [ʌnˈsaɪtli] adj [scar, blemish] → disgracieux/euse; [building] → laid(e)

unsightly

adj → unansehnlich; (stronger) → hässlich

unsightly [ʌnˈsaɪtlɪ] adj (unattractive) → sgradevole a vedersi; (ugly) → brutto/a

unsightly

adj unsightly [anˈsaitli]

ugly Those new buildings are very unsightly. lelik بَشِع، قبيح المَنْظَر грозен nevzhledný grim unansehnlich άσχημος feo, antiestético inetu زشت ruma laid מְכוֹעָר भद्दा neugledan csúnya óásjálegur, ljótur brutto 醜い 꼴불견의 neišvaizdus nepievilcīgs; neglīts hodoh onooglijk stygg, uskjønn szkaradny feio urât неприглядный nevzhľadný, škaredý grd nakazan ful, anskrämlig น่าเกลียด çirkin, yakışıksız 難看的 непривабливий, непринадний بد صورت khó coi, xấu xí 难看的

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attractive
awful
beautiful
Desight
Desightment
exquisite
flab
fright
gorgeous
handsome
hideous
misshapen
NIMBY
out of sight
personable
pretty
rash
sight
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Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-pern, and such unsightly vegetation, which evidently found something congenial in the soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilised society, a prison.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

She took the secret of her speed with her, and, unsightly as she was, her image surely has its glorious place in the mirror of the old sea.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

I bore her coarse reproaches with astonishing equanimity, even with cheerfulness; for I was sensible that I had done more good to Nancy Brown than harm to her: and perhaps some other thoughts assisted to keep up my spirits, and impart a relish to the cup of cold, overdrawn tea, and a charm to the otherwise unsightly table; and--I had almost said--to Miss Matilda's unamiable face.

Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context

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