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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 primary character is Marek, a uniquely homely and ill-favored young man.
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And she saw the ill-favored one, whose sun-ravaged skin was healing in the citadel’s shade—though he was no more appealing for it.
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“Someone half clever might dub you Pitch or Scuttle, ill-favored names. Or Slate, a sedentary name. Heaven forbid you end up Blackie, that’s an ill-fitting name for a prince like you.”
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“His eyes don’t match neither. An ill-favored thing.”
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Actually, so far as he could judge, the majority of people in Airstrip One were small, dark, and ill-favored.
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