bad-looking
bad-looking adjective: not pleasing to the eye; unattractive.
Adjective
bad-looking (comparative more bad-looking or worse-looking, superlative most bad-looking or worst-looking)
- Not pleasing to the eye; unattractive.
- This was the worst-looking house on the street. Why had he taken it on? He'd told her that he was planning to do most of the renovation work himself.2008, Fiona Gibson, Something Good, →ISBN, page 33
- Aside from being desirable on macroeconomic grounds, a policy of the lowest possible unemployment would create the additional benefit of reducing the earnings disadvantage of bad-looking workers; and it might even spill over to their treatment in other areas.2011, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful, →ISBN, page 178
- Antonyms:
- good-looking, nice-looking
Antonyms of bad-looking
Forms of bad-looking
| comparative | more bad-looking |
|---|---|
| comparative | worse-looking |
| superlative | most bad-looking |
| superlative | worst-looking |
Origin of bad-looking
From bad + looking.
Questions about bad-looking
- What does bad-looking mean?
- Bad-looking means not pleasing to the eye; unattractive.
- What part of speech is bad-looking?
- Bad-looking is an adjective.
Words near bad-looking in the dictionary
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