Synonyms of unbeautiful

unbeautiful

adjective

ˌən-ˈbyü-ti-fəl 

as in ugly

unpleasant to look at

a makeshift shelter that was unbeautiful perhaps, but it kept us out of the rain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ugly
• unpleasing
• hideous
• grotesque
• unattractive
• awful
• unlovely
• unsightly
• unappealing
• homely
• disgusting
• unpretty
• unhandsome
• monstrous
• uncomely
• vile
• horrible
• ill-favored
• loathsome
• repulsive
• abominable
• appalling
• revolting
• repugnant
• abhorrent
• distasteful
• sickening
• horrid
• dreadful
• repellent
• nauseous
• gross
• nauseating
• noisome
• unshapely
• unaesthetic
• unbecoming
• frumpish
• frumpy
• plain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• beautiful
• attractive
• lovely
• gorgeous
• handsome
• aesthetic
• beauteous
• pretty
• stunning
• cute
• good-looking
• fair
• ravishing
• goodly
• comely
• seemly
• drop-dead
• knockout
• fetching
• shapely
• well-favored
• taking
• sightly
• impressive
• bonny
• imposing
• prepossessing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unbeautiful

Then over the Pont de la Concorde, an unbeautiful bridge that holds great historical significance. — Anna Hartley, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022

But it is often done in some very unbeautiful circumstances, for low wages, and in unhealthy work environments. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2022

Buddhism was born under a giant fig tree, which, today, grows at the center of the remote and unbeautiful town of Bodh Gaya, in India’s destitute northeastern state of Bihar. — Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019

These things are for the unbeautiful, the uneducated, the uncouth. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 21 June 2017

Our sound, right now, is going to be the most blatant way of saying things -- the most unbeautiful, realistic lyrics. — Taylor Weatherby, Billboard, 20 June 2017

Will magnificent objects suffer if they are found to have unbeautiful back stories? — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2016