unsightly
[adjective]
Synonyms: ugly, disagreeable, hideous, horrid, repulsive, unattractive

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Antonyms: sightly
Related Words: ill-shaped, unshapely, unesthetic, drab, dull, lackluster

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English Thesaurus: ugly, unattractive, unsightly, hideous, repulsive, ...

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un‧sight‧ly /ʌnˈsaɪtli/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: sight, insight, oversight, sighting; adjective: sighted, unsightly, sightless, insightful; verb: sight]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: sightly 'pleasant to look at' (15-21 centuries), from sight]
ugly or unpleasant to look at:
unsightly buildings
unsightly marks

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ugly very unpleasant to look at - used about people, objects, and buildings:
She thinks she's ugly but she's not.
an ugly block of flats
cheap ugly furniture
unattractive not pleasant to look at. Unattractive sounds more formal and less strong than ugly:
an unattractive modern town which was built during the 1960s
Women found him unattractive.
unsightly formal not pleasant to look at, and spoiling the appearance of something:
Unsightly red spots started to appear on her face.
The windows have been blocked off with unsightly metal bars.
hideous extremely ugly:
His hideous face twisted into a smile.
a hideous concrete shopping centre
a hideous monster
repulsive extremely ugly, especially in a way that makes you want to look away:
His appearance was so repulsive he had to wear a mask.
grotesque extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way:
A grotesque figure appeared out of the darkness.
an eyesore (also a blot on the landscape) noun [singular] something that is so ugly that it spoils the appearance of an area:
Local residents regard the new office building as an eyesore.
I think wind turbines are a blot on the landscape - why can't people just use less electricity?

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