as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
strip-mining leaves an unsightly gash in the landscape
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Recent Examples of unsightly
Mineral sunscreens are excellent at blocking out harmful sun rays, but they’re often coupled with an unsightly whitecast.
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 23 May 2025
It’s been especially unsightly for the two youngest starters — Christian Braun (33.3 percent) has been bricky and Michael Porter Jr. looks completely lost on both ends of the floor versus OKC’s wings.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Two separate kitchens are ideal for this sort of beach property: the prep kitchen has been done up by Boffi and is ideal for making unsightly messes and entertaining large groups, while the family kitchen sports Gaggenau appliances and a natural stone island for gathering round.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
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Vultures are often seen as unsightly outcasts in the animal kingdom, yet their dirty work is needed to keep ecosystems healthy.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 23 May 2025
It’s been especially unsightly for the two youngest starters — Christian Braun (33.3 percent) has been bricky and Michael Porter Jr. looks completely lost on both ends of the floor versus OKC’s wings.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Two separate kitchens are ideal for this sort of beach property: the prep kitchen has been done up by Boffi and is ideal for making unsightly messes and entertaining large groups, while the family kitchen sports Gaggenau appliances and a natural stone island for gathering round.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 May 2025
Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news
Vultures are often seen as unsightly outcasts in the animal kingdom, yet their dirty work is needed to keep ecosystems healthy.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsightly
Adjective
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Tech wealth here looks even less appealing than that of the Roy family (the expensively beige décor is even uglier).—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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During the negotiation of USMCA in 2018, the current trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada that Trump managed during his first term, conversations between the President and GM occasionally turned ugly.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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There are no save-the-cat redemptions for a man who became famous for torturing, murdering and performing hideous experiments on countless Jews as part of a team of doctors overseeing medical services at Auschwitz-Birkenau.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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If, like for me, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fairy tale about a girl who stumbles into Wonderland is a core memory, all those beloved characters are there, with a splendidly cogent (and at times delightfully grotesque) libretto.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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The gore may have felt too grotesque to shoot in live action using makeup and prosthetics, and potentially unbearable for some audiences to watch.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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“Unsightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsightly. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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