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unhandsomest

unhandsomest is the superlative form of unhandsome.

Meaning of unhandsome

Adjective

unhandsome (comparative more unhandsome or unhandsomer, superlative most unhandsome or unhandsomest)

  1. Not handsome.
    • Why, i’ faith, methinks she’s too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise: only this commendation I can afford her, that were she other than she is, she were unhandsome; and being no other but as she is, I do not like her.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about unhandsomest

What is unhandsomest the superlative form of?
Unhandsomest is the superlative form of unhandsome.

Words near unhandsomest in the dictionary

  1. unhandselled
  2. unhandsome
  3. unhandsomely
  4. unhandsomeness
  5. unhandsomer
  6. unhandsomest
  7. unhandy
  8. unhang
  9. unhangable
  10. unhanged
  11. unhanging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unhandsomest (page history and authors); unhandsome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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