Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not attractive or beautiful; homely.
- adjective Not courteous or in good taste; ungracious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not well adapted for being handled or used; inconvenient; awkward; untoward; unmanageable; unhandy.
- Not handsome; not good-looking; not well-formed; not beautiful.
- Not generous or decorous; not liberal; unfair; disingenuous; mean; unbecoming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.
- adjective Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous.
- adjective obsolete Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.
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- adjective Not
handsome .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Whin the talk goes round iv a maid an 'a man, the one pretty an' the other not unhandsome, both young an 'neither married, does it' token aught but the one thing?"
CHAPTER 16 2010
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I leave it to you: thirty years of age, not entirely unhandsome, an intellectual and artistic place in the world, and an income most dazzling -- why shouldn't women pursue me?
CHAPTER VIII 2010
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I am conscious that my conduct may appear to you extremely unhandsome and, I feel somthing like uneasiness untill I explain.
Letter 218 2009
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What I saw was tall, dark-haired, and not unhandsome, but unfortunately, it was not my indebted demigod, Shezmou.
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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I grabbed my cell phone and twisted my head over my shoulder to film the unhandsome couple and wait for a glimpse of their obvious lunch date.
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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He wasn't gigantic in the full daylight, but he was big enough, his face broad and heavy-jawed but not unhandsome, the eyes I hadn't been able to make out at our first meeting a brownish green.
The Devil's Bedpost 2010
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What the devil should possess her to say such an unhandsome thing of him?
Gatlinburg 2010
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Pons called out; the door opened, and a young man not quite six feet in height, a dark blonde, and by no means unhandsome, walked into the room.
PORNOGRAPHY 2010
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I knew that he was a baseball player, and not unhandsome, and I wanted to punch him in the face.
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009
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I knew that he was a baseball player, and not unhandsome, and I wanted to punch him in the face.
Archive 2009-09-01 Flavia 2009
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