unhandsome

[ uhn-han-suhm ]

/ ʌnˈhæn səm /

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adjective

lacking good looks; not attractive in physical appearance; plain or ugly.

ungracious; discourteous; unseemly: an unhandsome exchange of epithets.

ungenerous; illiberal: an unhandsome reward.

Origin of unhandsome

First recorded in 1520–30; un-¹ + handsome

OTHER WORDS FROM unhandsome

un·hand·some·ly, adverbun·hand·some·ness, noun

Words nearby unhandsome

unhallow, unhallowed, unhampered, unhand, unhandled, unhandsome, unhandy, unhappy, unharmed, unharness, unhasp

Example sentences from the Web for unhandsome

Make yourself easy, my dear Frank; I could never suspect you of anything so unhandsome.
My Novel, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I would not go off in this unhandsome way from a good mistress.
East Lynne|Mrs. Henry Wood
But it would be unhandsome to expose them to the scoffs of the public.'
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2|Thomas de Quincey
It is a mean thing and an unhandsome to "do" a continent in five-hundred-mile jumps.
From Sea to Sea|Rudyard Kipling

Ramm was furious, and abused Le Gros in French, saying that it was unhandsome of him, &c.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)|Otto Jahn