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as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
a character actor with a distinctively craggy, unhandsome face
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as in rude
showing a lack of manners or consideration for others
in an interview the free-spoken actor made some unhandsome remarks about his costars
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Recent Examples of unhandsome
In the ’50s, almost all apparel sold in America was made in America, much of it in that blunt, unhandsome neighborhood halfway between Midtown and Chelsea, a patch of blocks less than a square mile, crammed daily with hundreds of thousands of workers.
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Susan Dominus Photographs By Joshua Kissi Styled By Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs By Collier Schorr Styled By Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait By Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs By Tina Barney, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhandsome
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The Miami Dolphins lost another big road game against a quality opponent with Thursday’s ugly 30-17 spanking at Lambeau Field before a national TV audience.Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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But ugly reality imposed itself unpredictably as well.Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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Wondering how to get out of Dodge without being rude?Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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The officers weren't rude, angry, or insolent — as required of a battery conviction — and used their training and legal authority to do their jobs.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.SI.com, SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
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To have remained stone silent was ungracious.Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 31 May 2022
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But instead of asking, Ed makes a unilateral decision, conveyed by his wife, and we are forced to comply or seem ungracious and risk offending them.Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
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The Menendez trials — the first of the two ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury — became such a sensation in part because of the hideous nature of the crime, but also because of who Lyle and Erik were.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Is this just how the game unfolds each time, part of some hideous narrative doomed to repeat itself?Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Indeed, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has helped lead to its abrupt decline in influence in Central Asia, the South Caucasus and now the Middle East.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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In a startlingly modern conception, the negative space of Claudel’s abrupt amputation exposes — and italicizes — the human body’s dense, inescapable physicality.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The results are in many ways fascinating, filled with innovative special effects, early examples of stop-motion animation, and elaborate, sometimes grotesque costumes.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
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From grotesque creatures to eerie, otherworldly settings, the film uses CGI and practical effects from its big budget in incredibly entertaining (and frightening) ways.Travis Bean, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Unhandsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhandsome. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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