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adjective
- 1. unpleasant to look at; ugly: "an unsightly rubbish tip"
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formal uk / ʌnˈsaɪt.li / us / ʌnˈsaɪt.li / Add to word list. not attractive; ugly: He had undone the buttons of his shirt, exposing an unsightly expanse of white flesh. Synonyms. ghastly UK informal. grim (UNPLEASANT) informal. grotesque (UGLY) hideous. ugly (NOT ATTRACTIVE) unattractive. unprepossessing. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The meaning of UNSIGHTLY is not pleasing to the sight : not comely. How to use unsightly in a sentence.
Unsightly definition: distasteful or unpleasant to look at. See examples of UNSIGHTLY used in a sentence.
adjective. formal us / ʌnˈsaɪt.li / uk / ʌnˈsaɪt.li / Add to word list. not attractive; ugly: He had undone the buttons of his shirt, exposing an unsightly expanse of white flesh. Synonyms. ghastly UK informal. grim (UNPLEASANT) informal. grotesque (UGLY) hideous. ugly (NOT ATTRACTIVE) unattractive. unprepossessing.
Unsightly is a gentler way of saying ugly. Often something that is described as unsightly sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise attractive environment. A yard full of weeds and broken-down cars in a well-groomed neighborhood is unsightly.
If you describe something as unsightly, you mean that it is unattractive to look at. My mother has had unsightly varicose veins for years. The market was considered unsightly and shut down. Synonyms: ugly, unattractive, repulsive, unpleasant More Synonyms of unsightly. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of unsightly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
