uncomely

adjective

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un·come·ly | \ ˌən-ˈkəm-lē

also -ˈkōm- or -ˈkäm- \

uncomelier; uncomeliest

Definition of uncomely

: unpleasant to look at : not comely an uncomely creature an uncomely portrait … the assistant, who glanced back at Dorian with a look of shy wonder in his rough uncomely face.— Oscar Wilde

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Recent Examples on the Web Everyone knows ugliness is in the eye of the beholder and, to a dog lover, there is no such thing as an uncomely canine. — John Rogers, Twin Cities, 24 June 2019 In this dark comedy set primarily in the late 1920s, our narrator is Aroon St. Charles, the heavy, uncomely daughter of a landed Anglo-Irish family beset by money troubles. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2019

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