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Definition: Unsightly |
UnsightlyAdjective1. Unpleasant to look at; "unsightly billboards". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unsightly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ugliness | Adjective: ugly, ugly as sin, ugly as a toad, ugly as a scarecrow, ugly as a dead monkey; plain, bald (unadorned); homely; ordinary, unornamental, inartistic; unsightly, unseemly, uncomely, unlovely; unshapely; sightless, seemless; not fit to be seen; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unsightly |
| English words defined with "unsightly": Desight, Desightment ♦ Varisse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unsightly": cellular tree ♦ Lips ♦ Navy ♦ Pessimism ♦ SANITATION INSPECTOR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "unsightly": Desightment. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He probably wears the mask to hide his bald head and unsightly features. (The Mask of Zorro; writing credit: Johnston McCulley; Ted Elliott) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Congressman John Boylan of New York points at unsightly property on Pennsylvania Ave., with U.S. Capitol in background. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unsightly" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 70.30% of the time. "Unsightly" is used about 101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 70.3% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Adverb (general) | 29.7% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Total | 100.00% | 101 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unsightly": in an unsightly way. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "unsightly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i shëmtuar (disfigured, frightful, haggish, hideous, ill-favored, ill-favoured, miscreated, oaf, ugly, uncomely, unhandsome), i pakëndshëm (awkward, bad, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, dreary, grating, hard, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, objectionable, repellent, ugly, unattractive, uncongenial, ungrateful, unlovable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpresentable, warm), i neveritur (disgusted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قبيح (disgusting, fiend, hideous, homely, monstrous, odious, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, ugly, unattractive), بشع (atrocious, grasping, grievous, gruesome, hideous, homely, horrid, shapeless, ugly, ungainly, unhandsome, unpleasant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | грозен (eyesore, grotesque, hideous, ill-favored, ill-favoured, morbid, ugly, unlovely), неприятен за гледане. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 難看 (ugly), 不悦目. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ošklivý (bad, dirty, foul, grisly, hideous, horrid, mean, nasty, ugly), nevzhledný (homely), škaredý (nasty, ugly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skaemmende bygning (unsightly construction), skaemmende byggeri (unsightly construction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ontsierend gebouw (unsightly construction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ناخوشایند (Unbecoming, Uncomfortable, Uncomplimentary), کریه (Detestable, Nasty, Offensive, Ugly), بدمنظر (Gash, Unseemly), بدنما (Squawk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | laid (uncomely), disgracieux (ungainly, unhandsome, unruly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unansehlich, hässlich (hateful, hideous, mean, nastily, nasty, putrid, toady, uglily, ugly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άσχημοσ (black, homely, nasty, seamy, shapeless, ugly, unlovely, unshightly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מכוער (hideous, ugly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | idétlen (berk, fumbling, ungainly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sgradevole (bad, bleak, disagreeable, dismal, distasteful, dreary, ghastly, grisly, horrible, invidious, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, unsavoury), brutto (bad, dirty, foul, nasty, rotten, rough, ugliness, ugly, unpleasant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 見苦しい (ugly), 無様 (clumsy, uncouth, unpresentable, unshapely), 不様 (clumsy, uncouth, unpresentable, unshapely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶざま (clumsy, uncouth, unpresentable, unshapely), みぐるしい (ugly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ightlyunsay sem graça (clumsy, flatly, milk-and-water, muzzy, platitudinous, savorless, savourless, tubby, uncomely, unshapely), feio (fearful, frightful, haggish, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, shapeless, ugly, uncomely, unhandsome, unlovely, unseemly), disforme (bloodcurdling, malformed, miscreated, misshapen, monstrous, shapeless, ugly, unshapely), desagradável vista. (various references) urât (abominable, bad, badly, boredom, dirty, ennui, filthy, foul, haggish, hateful, hideous, ill-featured, little, low, megrim, naughty, opprobrious, sour, squalid, tedium, ugly, unbecoming, unfairly, vicious, villainous, wicked), urâcios (disagreeable, disgusting, grumpy, hideous, repugnant, repulsive, ugly, unpleasant, vicious, villainous, wicked), hidos (grisly, hideous, hideously, monstrous, ugly), dizgraţios (disagreeable, disgraceful, displeasing, ungainly, ungraceful). (various references) некрасивый (charmless, graceless, ill-favored, ill-favoured, shabby, uncomely). (various references) ružan (homely, ill-favored, ill-favoured, misshapen, ugly, uncomely, unhandsome, unshapely), nakazan (freak, malformed, miscreated, misshapen). (various references) feo (bad-looking, dirty, foul, homely, ill-favored, ill-favoured, miscreated, nasty, tacky, ugly, ungraceful). (various references) ful (bad, foul, homely, miserable, nasty, ornery, poor, ugly, unattractive, unlovely, unseemly). (various references) göze hoş görünmeyen, göz zevkini bozan, çirkin (beastly, eldritch, flagrant, foul, god-awful, heinous, hideous, homely, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inelegant, misshapen, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, plain, seamy, shapeless, ugly, unattractive, uncomely, uncouth, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasant). (various references) негарний (bad, ill-favored, ill-favoured). (various references) xấu xí (ill-looking, unformed, unhandsome), khó coi (misbecoming), không đẹp mắt. (various references) anolygus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | indecens. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unsightly" (pronounced unsī"tlē) |
| 4 | -ī" t l ē | brightly, forthrightly, knightly, lightly, nightly, politely, rightly, slightly, sprightly, tightly, Whitely. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, justly, lastly, lately, legitimately, leniently, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, smartly, softly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-l-n-s-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: hustling, sunlight. | |
-2 letters: gushily, gustily, gutsily, lungyis, lushing, lusting, lutings, nightly, shingly, shuting, sightly, styling, tushing, unsight. | |
-3 letters: glints, guilts, guilty, insult, lights, lungis, lungyi, luting, lyings, lysing, nights, nighty, shying, singly, slight, sluing, snugly, stingy, stying, sunlit, things, thinly, thusly, tingly. | |
-4 letters: gilts, glint, gluts, guilt, gushy, gusty, gutsy, hilts, hilus, hints, hunts. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-l-n-s-t-u-y" | |
+3 letters: insightfully. | |
+4 letters: unrighteously. | |
+5 letters: psycholinguist, thyroglobulins, unhesitatingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 73 69 67 68 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ... .. --. .... - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110011 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n s i g h t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0073 0069 0067 0068 0074 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558085757374867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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