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ill-looking, a.|ˈɪlˈlʊkɪŋ|
[f. ill a. or adv. + looking, pres. pple. of look v.]
Of evil or repulsive appearance, ugly; the opposite of good-looking. (Chiefly of persons.)
1633Ford Broken H. ii. i, Son of a cat, ill-looking hounds-head. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 101 Strange, ugly, ill-looking fellows. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge vii, She was not absolutely ill-looking.
Hence ˌill-ˈlookingness.
1796Coleridge Lett. (1895) 209 Laugh in the faces of gloom and ill-lookingness. |