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[ uhn-luhv-lee ] / ʌnˈlʌv li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unlovely ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot lovely; without beauty or charm. harsh or repellent in character; unpleasant; disagreeable; objectionable. Origin of unlovelyMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un-1, lovely OTHER WORDS FROM unlovelyun·love·li·ness, nounWords nearby unlovelyunlooked-for, unloose, unloosen, unlovable, unloved, unlovely, unloving, unlucky, unmade, unmake, unman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unlovelyPrussian militarism was unlovely, to be sure, but the Kaiser was no Führer. The Utterly Pointless First World War|Michael F. Bishop|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST Most crimes are motivated by unlovely impulses that are at least comprehensible: the desire for money, sex, respect, revenge. There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre|Megan McArdle|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST We are not smarter or wiser because we happen to be born later, and it's an unlovely tendency to imagine that we are. Why Obama Shouldn't Use Wikipedia|David Frum|March 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST The mother was an unlovely object in her abject sorrow and despair. A True Friend|Adeline Sergeant
She was very bony and was flat-chested and unlovely in every way. Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp|Annie Roe Carr They were equals in this direful, unlovely place; royal prejudice stood for nothing here. Truxton King|George Barr McCutcheon It was an unlovely face, but its unloveliness lay in its expression. The Golden Woman|Ridgwell Cullum Still it was merely the skin of a wolf, with nothing to distinguish it from other individuals of that unlovely breed. A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse")|Nathaniel Hawthorne
British Dictionary definitions for unlovely
adjectiveunpleasant in appearance unpleasant in character Derived forms of unlovelyunloveliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unlovelydeformed, homely, ordinary, unattractive, uncomely |