ILL-FAVOURED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ill-favoured mean? 

• ILL-FAVOURED (adjective)
  The adjective ILL-FAVOURED has 1 sense:

1. usually used of a face

  Familiarity information: ILL-FAVOURED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILL-FAVOURED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually used of a face

Synonyms:

ill-favored; ill-favoured

Context example:

an ill-favored countenance

Similar:

ugly (displeasing to the senses)

 Context examples 

In the moment's pause I speak of, I saw Uriah's countenance form itself into a most ill-favoured smile.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I saw the same ill-favoured smile upon his face again, and saw how he watched me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She rose with an ill-favoured smile, and taking a few steps towards a wall of holly that was near at hand, dividing the lawn from a kitchen-garden, said, in a louder voice, Come here!—as if she were calling to some unclean beast.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)