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View synonyms for ill-favored
ill-favored
[ il-fey-verd ]
adjective
- unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- offensive; unpleasant; objectionable.
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Other Words From
- ill-favored·ly adverb
- ill-favored·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ill-favored1
First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences
The chiefs turned their ill-favored countenances on each other, and talked for a while in their own language.
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Even aside from the pouring in of the ill-favored, the crossing of the heterogeneous is bound to lessen good looks among us.
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The women especially were ill-favored, and with an air of savage daring and effrontery I had never seen before.
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The officers were not ill-favored, only servile and full of fear of him.
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In youth he was bashful, eccentric, and amazingly ill-favored.
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