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unsightlier

unsightlier is the comparative form of unsightly.

Meaning of unsightly

Adjective

unsightly (comparative more unsightly or (dated) unsightlier, superlative most unsightly or (dated) unsightliest)

  1. Displeasing to the eye.
    • “She had grown used to the quick speech of these people, but she wished he would not lick his lips that way. It did not make him any harder to understand, but it was unsightly."1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 38: Hidden Faces”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 610
    Synonyms:
    disgusting, ugly
    Antonyms:
    beautiful, sightly

Questions about unsightlier

What is unsightlier the comparative form of?
Unsightlier is the comparative form of unsightly.

Words near unsightlier in the dictionary

  1. unsightable
  2. unsighted
  3. unsightedness
  4. unsighting
  5. unsightlessness
  6. unsightlier
  7. unsightliest
  8. unsightliness
  9. unsightlinesses
  10. unsightly
  11. unsightreadable

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