Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ill-favored

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: il-l--fa-vored
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unattractive or offensive to the eye; ugly.

Example Sentences

"And the ill fauoured and leane fleshed kine, did eate vp the seuen well fauoured and fat kine: So Pharaoh awoke."

Inflected Forms

more ill-favored (comparative) most ill-favored (superlative) ill-favoured (alternative)

Phrases

ill-favouredness

Synonyms

ill-favoured

Antonyms

well-favoured

Questions

What does ill-favored mean?: Unattractive or offensive to the eye; ugly.

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