'Unhandsomeness' definitions:

Definition of 'Unhandsomeness'

From: GCIDE
  • Unhandsome \Un*hand"some\, a.
  • 1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely. [1913 Webster]
  • Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations. "Unhandsome pleasures." --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage. --Sir T. North. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*hand"some*ly}, adv. -- {Un*hand"some*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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