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View synonyms for ill-favored

ill-favored

[ il-fey-verd ]

adjective

  1. unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
  2. offensive; unpleasant; objectionable.


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Other Words From

  • ill-favored·ly adverb
  • ill-favored·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.

Even aside from the pouring in of the ill-favored, the crossing of the heterogeneous is bound to lessen good looks among us.

The women especially were ill-favored, and with an air of savage daring and effrontery I had never seen before.

The officers were not ill-favored, only servile and full of fear of him.

In youth he was bashful, eccentric, and amazingly ill-favored.

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