About The Word Unhandsome
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Unhandsome
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What's The Definition Of Unhandsome?Synonyms | Synonyms for Unhandsome: Related Terms | Find terms related to Unhandsome: See Also | Unhandsome In Webster's Dictionary \Un*hand"some\, a.
1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or
pleasing; plain; homely.
Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome.
--Shak.
I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or
irregular . . . in the globe. --Woodward.
2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable;
illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as,
unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations.
``Unhandsome pleasures.'' --J. Fletcher.
3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [Obs.]
The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. --Holland.
A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very
unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they
found not a man to keep the passage. --Sir T.
North.
-- {Un*hand"some*ly}, adv. -- {Un*hand"some*ness}, n.
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