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unbeautiful

unbeautiful

1 6.2
Not attractive in looks or style
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbjuːtɪfəl/
translation icon : poco atractivo
  • The old building looked unbeautiful among the modern skyscrapers surrounding it.

Examples

  • His unbeautiful personality made it hard for people to befriend him.

  • A man has two legs, two arms, and a rather unbeautiful head.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • You know, sometimes it's unbeautiful, it's uncompelling, and you just have to keep moving through it.

  • Even the faces of the unbeautiful children riveted him with a force far more powerful than beauty.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • She felt unattractive and unbeautiful after seeing the glamorous models in the magazine.

Synonyms

ugly
vsunbeautiful
866 1.0

Not pleasant to look at

is milder, used for general lack of beauty rather than strong disgust
hideous
vsunbeautiful
171 5.1

Very ugly and likely to make people feel shocked or disgusted

is a milder negative term, not carrying extreme repulsion
unattractive
vsunbeautiful
37 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

is the simple negative label for not being beautiful
unappealing
vsunbeautiful
15 4.1

Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting

focuses more narrowly on lacking physical beauty rather than interest
unsightly
vsunbeautiful
15 4.5

Unpleasant to look at

is broader, naming lack of beauty not only visual displeasure
unglamorous
vsunbeautiful
4 5.4

Not attractive or exciting and often plain

is narrower, stating absence of beauty rather than dullness or status
charmless
vsunbeautiful
2 4.2

Not pleasant or attractive

is more general, naming lack of visual beauty rather than charm only
unprepossessing
vsunbeautiful
1 8.2

Not attractive or impressive to look at

is the blunt, general way to say something lacks beauty
unpretty
vsunbeautiful
1 5.0

Not pleasant to look at or to be part of

uses the same plain negative sense about lack of beauty
unlovely
vsunbeautiful
1 6.0

Not attractive and unpleasant to see or hear

expresses the same lack of visual charm in a simple way
unhandsome
vsunbeautiful
1 6.6

Not attractive to look at

covers the same lack of pleasing looks in general
unaesthetic
vsunbeautiful
1 8.1

Not pleasant to look at

speaks simply about lacking beauty rather than aesthetic judgment
unpicturesque
vsunbeautiful
7.9

Something that is not pretty to look at, for example a town or view

applies more generally to lack of beauty beyond scenic views
nonaesthetic
vsunbeautiful
7.9

Not pleasing to look at

is the plain negative way to state absence of beauty
unalluring
vsunbeautiful
6.8

Not attractive or interesting

is about simple lack of pleasing looks rather than lack of desire
glamourless
vsunbeautiful
5.5

Looks plain and not attractive or exciting

focuses mainly on missing beauty rather than missing glamour
unfavored
vsunbeautiful
  • US
5.3

Not attractive to look at

is the straightforward negative term for lacking beauty
unshapely
vsunbeautiful
6.7

A person or thing that looks awkward and not pleasing to the eye

is broader, covering lack of beauty beyond just poor shape

Antonyms

1.0

Pleasant to see, hear, or think about

1.0

Very pleasant to look at or to be with

680 1.0

Pleasing to look at or enjoy and making people interested

How Unattractive

hideous
171 5.1
ugly
866 1.0
unbeautiful
1 6.2
plain
50 2.5

Surface Forms

unbeautiful positive

Morphology

unbeautiful = beautiful (transparent) = un + beautiful

A straightforward negative formed by the productive prefix 'un-' attached to the adjective 'beautiful'; meaning 'not beautiful' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word unbeautiful is made by adding un- meaning 'not' to beautiful, which comes from the idea of 'beauty'. So it literally means 'not beautiful' and is used for things, looks, or actions that seem unattractive.