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EVIL-LOOKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does evil-looking mean?
• EVIL-LOOKING (adjective)
The adjective EVIL-LOOKING has 1 sense:
1. having an evil appearance
Familiarity information: EVIL-LOOKING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an evil appearance
Similar:
ugly (displeasing to the senses)
Context examples
More tormentors, Buck decided, for they were evil-looking creatures, ragged and unkempt; and he stormed and raged at them through the bars.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Hanging over the cook’s arm was a loose and crumpled array of evil-looking and sour-smelling garments.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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