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单词 unhandsome
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unhandsomeadj.adv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhan(d)s(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌənˈhæn(d)səm/
Etymology: un- prefix1 1. Compare West Frisian on-, ûnhânsum inexpert, unmanageable, Dutch and Flemish onhandzaam (earlier -saem) intractable, unusable, older Danish uhandsøm.
1.
a. Not handsome, elegant, or graceful; faulty in appearance, form, or structure; plain, uncomely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective]
unsewly?c1225
unseemlyc1340
unburlya1400
ungoodly1495
unhandsome1530
unsquared1549
inelegant1570
unelegant1570
indecent1590
undressed1598
unfinified1609
undecent1622
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 328/1 Unhansome,..mausade.
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 51 Gloss. Not comed, that is rude and vnhansome.
1589 G. Fletcher in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 80 I was placed in an howse verie unhandsoom [and] unholsoom.
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvi. clxxxix. 311 Who ever thought the Rose or Lilie stood Guilty of course unhandsome Nakednesse, Because they never put on borrowed Hood?
1695 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 152 This was formerly no unhandsom Structure, being built in the form of our Churches.
1781 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting iii. 34 I could tell you, that I have seen very good sport with very unhandsome packs.
a1794 E. Gibbon Memoirs in Misc. Wks. (1796) I. 54 A narrow, gloomy street, the most unfrequented of an unhandsome town.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xiv. 282 Both dressed in the ancient Saxon garb..not unhandsome in itself.
1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 142 Helix rotundata is provided with not an unhandsome shell.
1895 G. Parker Trail of Sword viii A large unhandsome house.
b. Of persons, their features, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective]
unfairc888
unhonestc1384
unlovesomec1390
uncomelya1400
unfreelya1400
unlovelyc1400
unbeautiful1495
beautiless1531
unpretty1562
unhandsomea1586
loveless1601
featureless1609
invenust1623
unhighted?1630
unbeauteousa1660
plain1675
wanliesum1818
unbonny1830
ordinary1847
plainish1856
unsonsy1894
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xix. sig. Bb3v I was glad I had done so good a deede for a Gentlewoman not vnhandsome.
1632 A. Townshend Albions Triumph 22 I was as loath to be brought vpon the Stage as an vnhansom Man is to see himselfe in a great Glasse.
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 144 Socrates..was the most nasty and unhandsom of all men living.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 178 This Spruce, Affected, not Unhandsome Lawyer, had made the Overture of his fair Person to Corinna.
1787 W. Thomson tr. A. Cunningham Hist. Great Brit. I. iii. 121 Being generally well-shaped, and not unhandsome.
1826 Q. Rev. 34 331 It was hard to say whether he was more dunce or dwarf, more unlearned or unhandsome.
1887 A. Elliot Old Man's Favour I. ii. i. 204 A dark, unhandsome..face.
c. As adv. Unhandsomely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adverb]
unburlya1400
ungoodlya1400
unhandsomely1565
undecently1587
unhandsome1596
unhandsomely1650
inelegantly1698
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y8v Such were these Hags, and so vnhandsome drest. View more context for this quotation
2. Unhandy, inconvenient, ill-adapted. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [adjective] > unhandy
unwield1390
unhandsome1548
unwieldy1552
wieldy1588
awk1593
unmanageable1600
uneasy1611
unhandy1664
awkward1695
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John ix. 67 The night (perdy) is unhansome to woorke in.
1564 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Moral Philos. (new ed.) To Rdr. f. 56v If I shuld haue ioyned the said number of sentences to the whole summe of his treatice, it shoulde..haue seemed..the more vnhandsom of thexact reader to bee caried.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 270 These kindes of Spyders haue..shorter feete, and more vnhandsome to worke or finish any Webbes in their Loomes.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 451 A loose, discinct, and diffluent mind is unready, unnimble, unhandy, and unhandsome for Gods service.
3. Inexpert, unskilful. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective]
craftlessOE
unslyc1275
unexperta1425
incrafty?1520
imperite?1550
unskilful1565
skilless1573
artless1586
inexpert1598
unarted1603
boisterous1609
unhandsomea1616
unwieldy1666
unartful1683
undexterous1688
unaccomplished1709
not so (also not too) hot1845
rotten1867
one-fingered1868
button pushing1896
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 149 I was (vnhandsome, warrior as I am) Arraigning his vnkindensse with my soule. View more context for this quotation
4.
a. Unfitting, unbecoming, unseemly; discourteous, mean.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adjective]
theowlikec1175
low?c1225
undignec1315
unfreec1330
base?1518
roynish1570
baseborn1573
base-minded1573
haskardly1576
ignoble1592
unnoble1593
slavish1597
disnoble1609
infimous1613
unhandsome1645
unheroical1656
mean1665
unworthy1694
unheroic1732
raff1761
undignified1782
raffish1795
truculent1825
unpromotable1836
menial1837
low-flung1841
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective]
unthewfulc1050
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unseeminga1340
unseemc1425
untowardly1483
indecent1570
unbeseeming1583
uncivil1586
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unhandsome1645
untoward1658
incorrect1672
indecorous1682
outré1722
improper1739
indelicate1741
unproper1797
pah1835
it is not (frequently isn't) done1879
1645 King Charles I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 317 The treuth is, that his unhansom quitting the Castell and Forte of Bristol, hath inforced me to put him off those Commands.
1658 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 83 Let mee conjure you not to doe a thing soe unhandsom, soe unmanly.
1729 B. Franklin Busy-body ii, in Amer. Weekly Mercury 4–11 Feb. 1/2 It is barbarously unhandsome that one should be the butt of the company.
1799 H. Dundas in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 700 It was an unhandsome proceeding upon their part.
1810 Sporting Mag. 36 234 What he thought unhandsome conduct on the part of the plaintiff.
1856 G. Wilson Gateways Knowl. (1859) 96 To employ one's tongue..to speak against itself is but unhandsome treatment of it.
b. Of expressions, language, etc.
ΚΠ
1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons vi. 55 in Elements Philos. I leave it to your consideration to whom belong..the unhandsome attributes you so often give me.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 470 To countenance those unhandsome Expressions..they had found a new way of exprobration.
1704 London Gaz. No. 3987/2 Their Commander, having used some unhandsome Expressions, was detained.
1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 187 It was reported that some of the warmer Puritans had turned the Habits into ridicule, and given unhandsome language to them that wore them.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. iii. 54 Lest it should betray her into any observations seemingly unhandsome . View more context for this quotation
c. Not generous or liberal.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]
gnedec900
gripplea1000
fastOE
narrow-hearteda1200
narrow?c1225
straitc1290
chinchc1300
nithinga1325
scarcec1330
clama1340
hard1340
scantc1366
sparingc1386
niggardc1400
chinchy?1406
retentivea1450
niggardousa1492
niggish1519
unliberal1533
pinching1548
dry1552
nigh1555
niggardly1560
churlish1566
squeamish1566
niggardish1567
niggard-like1567
holding1569
spare1577
handfast1578
envious1580
close-handed1585
hard-handed1587
curmudgeonly1590
parsimonious?1591
costive1594
hidebound1598
penny-pinching1600
penurious1600
strait-handed1600
club-fisted1601
dry-fisted1604
fast-handed1605
fast-fingered1607
close-fisted1608
near1611
scanting1613
carkingc1620
illiberal1623
clutch-fisteda1634
hideboundeda1640
clutch-fista1643
clunch-fisted1644
unbounteous1645
hard-fisted1646
purse-bound1652
close1654
stingy1659
tenacious1676
scanty1692
sneaking1696
gripe-handed1698
narrow-souled1699
niggardling1704
snippy1727
unindulgent1742
shabby1766
neargoinga1774
cheesemongering1781
split-farthing1787
save-all1788
picked1790
iron-fisted1794
unhandsome1800
scaly1803
nearbegoing1805
tight1805
nippit1808
nipcheese1819
cumin-splitting1822
partan-handed1823
scrimping1823
scrumptious1823
scrimpy1825
meanly1827
skinny1833
pinchfisted1837
mean1840
tight-fisted1843
screwy1844
stinty1849
cheeseparing1857
skinflinty1886
mouly1904
mingy1911
cheapskate1912
picey1937
tight-assed1961
chintzy1964
tightwad1976
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family III. 109 I'll take her without a sixpence; which, let me tell you, I think no unhandsome offer.
5. Unfortunate; unhappy. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective]
unseelyOE
ungraciousa1387
infortunatec1390
unhappy1390
haplessa1400
mischancefula1400
unfortunedc1403
infortuneda1413
maleurousa1460
infortunable?a1475
mal-infortunedc1475
unselc1480
mischanced1488
misadventurousa1500
unhap1509
misfortunate1510
mischancya1522
unuredc1525
maleureda1529
unlucky1530
unfortunate1548
luckless1563
unluckly1564
unfortunable1567
untoward1570
unable?1572
sinister1576
unsonsy1578
disaster1584
disastereda1586
disastrous1586
unweirdedc1590
wanhappy?1590
misbefallen1591
fortuneless1596
infelicious1598
misadventured1599
improsperous1602
untoward1632
unhandsome1640
ill-fated1715
donsie?1719
swarthy1756
infelicitous1835
bad luck1872
stiff1919
spooked1937
jinxed1972
1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker i. sig. B2v I know she loves him..Beyond the Indies in his mouldy Cabinets, But tis her unhansome fate.
1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden To Rdr. Sundry unhandsome dysasters have happened to the ruine of many.
6. Unpleasant, nasty. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant
loatha700
unsweetc890
grimlyc893
unquemeOE
un-i-quemeOE
evila1131
sourc1175
illc1220
unhightlyc1275
unwelcomec1325
unblithec1330
unnetc1330
unrekena1350
unagreeablec1374
uncouthc1380
unsavouryc1380
displeasantc1386
unlikinga1398
ungaina1400
crabbedc1400
unlovelyc1400
displeasing1401
eschewc1420
unsoot1420
mislikinga1425
unlikelya1425
unlustya1425
fastidiousc1425
unpleasantc1430
displicable1471
unthankfulc1475
displeasant1481
uneasy1483
unpleasinga1500
unfaring1513
badc1530
malpleasant?1533
noisome1542
thanklessa1547
ungrate1548
untoothsome1548
ungreeable1550
contrary1561
disagreeable1570
offensible1575
offensive1576
naughty1578
delightlessa1586
undelightful1585
unwisheda1586
unpleasurable1587
undelightsomec1595
dislikeful1596
disliking1596
ungrateful1596
unsweet?a1600
distastive1600
impleasing1602
distasting1603
distasteful1607
unsightly1608
undelectable1610
disgustful1611
unrelishing1611
waspisha1616
undeliciousa1618
unwished-for1617
disrelishing1631
unenjoyed1643
unjoyous1645
mirya1652
unwelcomed1651
unpleasivea1656
sweet1656
injucund1657
insuave1657
unpalatable1658
unhandsome1660
undesirable1667
disrelishablea1670
uncouthsome1684
shocking1703
nasty1705
embittering1746
indelectable1751
undelightinga1774
nice and ——1796
unenjoyablea1797
ungenial1796
uncomplacent1805
ungracious1807
bitter1810
rotten1813
uncongenial1813
quarrelsome1825
grimy1833
nice1836
unrelished1863
bloody1867
unbewitching1876
ferocious1877
displeasurable1879
rebarbative1892
charming1893
crook1898
naar1900
peppery1901
negative1902
poisonous1906
off-putting1935
unsympathetic1937
piggy1942
funky1946
umpty1948
pooey1967
minging1970
Scrooge-like1976
sucky1984
stank1991
stanky1991
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. v. Rule 8 §28 Like unhandsome and ill-tasted physick, it is against nature in the taking and in its operating.
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