as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
strip-mining leaves an unsightly gash in the landscape
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Recent Examples of unsightly
The durable stone ensures that condensation won’t leave any unsightly rings.
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2025
That being said, sometimes soap scum can accumulate in glass showers and look unsightly.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Two Ohio buildings made the Top 15 of the worst-looking and unsightly structures.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
The money being spent on roster building means more pressure on coaches and players to avoid these unsightly upsets and, in all likelihood, more backlash when a $30 million team loses to a team with a payroll closer to $1 million.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 29 July 2025
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Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2025
That being said, sometimes soap scum can accumulate in glass showers and look unsightly.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Two Ohio buildings made the Top 15 of the worst-looking and unsightly structures.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
The money being spent on roster building means more pressure on coaches and players to avoid these unsightly upsets and, in all likelihood, more backlash when a $30 million team loses to a team with a payroll closer to $1 million.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsightly
Adjective
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This comes after Sunday's ugly loss to the Indianapolis Colts, a game that saw Hill catch just four passes for 40 yards.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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That’s a hard reality to stomach for Giants fans, who had to watch their offense go 4-for-16 on third downs, pile up just 157 passing yards and finish with six points in an ugly loss to the Commanders.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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Hart was short, with a hideous combover.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
30 Aug. 2025
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That hideous incentive triggered My Lai and other similarly heinous attacks.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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His recreation of the older, controlling Jim, with a grotesque combover, was so spot-on that those who had interacted with the real person didn't want to be near him.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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More recently, from 2013 to 2014, Gardin documented the destructive transit of cruise ships through Venice’s delicate canals—a grotesque symbol for the domination of the city, and the country, by tourism and big business.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Unsightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsightly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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