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adjective
- 1. unpleasant to look at; ugly: "an unsightly rubbish tip"
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adjective. formal uk / ʌnˈsaɪt.li / us / ʌnˈsaɪt.li / Add to word list. not attractive; ugly: He had undone the buttons of his shirt, exposing an unsightly expanse of white flesh. Synonyms. ghastly UK informal. grim (UNPLEASANT) informal. grotesque (UGLY) hideous. ugly (NOT ATTRACTIVE) unattractive. unprepossessing.
The meaning of UNSIGHTLY is not pleasing to the sight : not comely. How to use unsightly in a sentence.
Unsightly definition: distasteful or unpleasant to look at. See examples of UNSIGHTLY used in a sentence.
Unsightly is a gentler way of saying ugly. Often something that is described as unsightly sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise attractive environment. A yard full of weeds and broken-down cars in a well-groomed neighborhood is unsightly.
un·sight·ly. (ŭn-sīt′lē) adj. un·sight·li·er, un·sight·li·est. Unpleasant or offensive to look at; unattractive. See Synonyms at ugly. un′sight′li·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
adjective. formal us / ʌnˈsaɪt.li / uk / ʌnˈsaɪt.li / Add to word list. not attractive; ugly: He had undone the buttons of his shirt, exposing an unsightly expanse of white flesh. Synonyms. ghastly UK informal. grim (UNPLEASANT) informal. grotesque (UGLY) hideous. ugly (NOT ATTRACTIVE) unattractive. unprepossessing.
Definition of unsightly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. uk / ʌnˈsaɪtli / us. Add to word list. unpleasant to look at: unsightly piles of litter. (Definition of unsightly from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of unsightly. in Chinese (Traditional) 不吸引人的，醜陋的，難看的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 不吸引人的，丑陋的，难看的… See more. in Spanish.
unsightly meaning, definition, what is unsightly: ugly or unpleasant to look at: Learn more.
If you describe something as unsightly, you mean that it is unattractive to look at.
