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plain-looking

plain-looking adjective: physically unattractive (of a person).

Adjective

plain-looking (comparative more plain-looking, superlative most plain-looking)

  1. Physically unattractive (of a person).
  2. Not beautiful, distinctive, or remarkable in appearance.
  3. Not too pretty, or too ugly; normal.

Forms of plain-looking

comparativemore plain-looking
superlativemost plain-looking

Questions about plain-looking

What does plain-looking mean?
Plain-looking means physically unattractive (of a person).
What part of speech is plain-looking?
Plain-looking is an adjective.

Words near plain-looking in the dictionary

  1. plain-clothes
  2. plain-dealing
  3. plain-dealings
  4. plain-hearted
  5. plain-laid
  6. plain-looking
  7. plain-sailing
  8. plain-saw
  9. plain-sawed
  10. plain-sawing
  11. plain-sawn

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