unshapely

Examples

• All

• The sculpture was criticized for its unshapely form, lacking symmetry and elegance.

• His unshapely garden gnome stood awkwardly among the neatly trimmed shrubs.

• It is a little bit more like unshapely going in all types of directions that it being vertical and triangular in nature.

• Although I have never seen the apartment's new occupants, I have long since deduced from their laundry that they are a somewhat large and unshapely couple.

  Fiction book (2001)

• This Namkungwi had the patience to teach me to make a rather unshapely pot, but more importantly, allowed me to be initiated in the knowledge of women and the specialized knowledge of potters.

  Academic text (2007)

• His time was almost up, but he still hoped for some special dispensation in order to escape that fellow who wanders about the villages of his fiord collecting unshapely tin buttons that were to be thrown back into the communal melting pot.

  Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

U

unattractive

vsunshapely

37 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

narrows this to unattractiveness specifically from poor outline and proportions

U

unsightly

vsunshapely

15 4.5

Unpleasant to look at

is about unattractiveness caused by poor shape and proportions rather than any displeasure

M

misshapen

vsunshapely

14 4.7

Not the normal shape and often looking ugly

focuses more on poor pleasing proportions than extreme distortion

U

ungainly

vsunshapely

4 7.3

Moving or looking awkward and clumsy

centres on unattractiveness from poor outline and proportions rather than awkward motion

U

unbeautiful

vsunshapely

1 6.2

Not attractive in looks or style

focuses specifically on unattractiveness from bad outline and proportions

U

unpretty

vsunshapely

1 5.0

Not pleasant to look at or to be part of

limits that plain ugliness to problems of outline and proportion

U

unshapen

vsunshapely

1 9.6

A thing that has no clear form yet

refers to unattractiveness from bad outline and proportions rather than incompleteness

U

unaesthetic

vsunshapely

1 8.1

Not pleasant to look at

specifies lack of beauty arising from poor form and proportions rather than taste

I

ill-proportioned

vsunshapely

6.7

A thing with parts that do not match in size or shape

emphasizes poor overall outline and pleasing proportions instead of just size mismatch

I

ill-shapen

vsunshapely

• Literature

8.5

Not in a regular or attractive form

stresses poor outline and proportion rather than general bad formation

D

deformed

vsunshapely

4.6

Having a shape that is not normal and often looking ugly

describes unattractiveness due to poor proportions rather than medical abnormality

U

unpicturesque

vsunshapely

7.9

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

is about poor physical outline and proportions rather than general scenic appeal

U

unalluring

vsunshapely

6.8

Not attractive or interesting

is specific to unattractiveness caused by poor shape and proportions

Antonyms

S

shapely

15 3.4

An attractive body or body part that looks balanced

How Shapely

well-proportioned

1 4.1

shapely

15 3.4

plain

50 2.5

unshapely

6.7

misshapen

14 4.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology