Uncomely

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uncomely \Un*come"ly\, a.
     Not comely. -- adv. In an uncomely manner. --1 Cor. vii. 36.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  uncomely
       adj : not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or
             proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
             haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to
             a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb
             their untoward ribaldry" [syn: {indecent}, {indecorous},
              {unbecoming}, {unseemly}, {untoward}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "uncomely":
     beautiless, blemished, blotted, cacophonic, cacophonous, defaced,
     disfigured, dysphemistic, dysphemized, hideous, homely,
     ill-favored, ill-looking, inappropriate, inapt, inelegant, inept,
     malapropos, marred, plain, short on looks, spoiled, uglified, ugly,
     ugly as hell, ugly as sin, unaesthetic, unalluring, unattractive,
     unbeauteous, unbeautiful, unbecoming, unbefitting, undue,
     unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly, unsuitable,
     untimely