unsightly
/ʌnˈsaɪtli/
unsightly adjective: displeasing to the eye.
Adjective
unsightly (comparative more unsightly or (dated) unsightlier, superlative most unsightly or (dated) unsightliest)
- 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
- The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.2021 October 20, “Network News: NR and NH tackle graffiti vandalism”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9
- Synonyms:
- disgusting, ugly
unsightly meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit
unsightly in Malayalam
- കാഴ്ചയ്ക്കു ചന്തമില്ലാത്ത, വെറുപ്പുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അനിഷ്ടമായ
unsightly in Kannada
- ನೋಡಲಾಗದ, ಅಂದವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಹೇವರಿಕೆಯ
unsightly in Sanskrit
- displeasing to the eye
- अश्रीर aśrīra
Examples of unsightly in a sentence
- This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has unsightly artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine.
- It is unsightly and makes difficult a secondary meloplasty without an obvious scar below the lobe.
- Some people jokingly referred to it as a “butt chin.” Sheppard's dimpled chin wasn't at all unsightly.
Synonyms of unsightly
Antonyms
Forms of unsightly
| comparative | more unsightly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unsightly |
| comparative (dated) | unsightlier |
| superlative (dated) | unsightliest |
Origin of unsightly
From un- + sightly.
Words formed from unsightly
Questions about unsightly
- What does unsightly mean?
- Unsightly means displeasing to the eye.
- What is unsightly in Malayalam?
- Unsightly in Malayalam is കാഴ്ചയ്ക്കു ചന്തമില്ലാത്ത, വെറുപ്പുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അനിഷ്ടമായ. See Unsightly meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is unsightly?
- Unsightly is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unsightly?
- Unsightly is pronounced /ʌnˈsaɪtli/.
Words near unsightly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unsightly (page history and authors); unsightly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unsightly (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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