ill-favouredness

UK/ɪlˈfeɪvədnɪs/US/ɪlˈfeɪvɚdnɪs/

noun

The quality of being ill-favoured; ugliness.

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Meanings

nounill-favouredness (uncountable)

alternative ill-favoredness

  1. UKarchaicuncountableThe quality of being ill-favoured; ugliness.

    Those of Mexico […] so love to have great dugs, that they strive to have their children sucke over their shoulders. So would we set forth ilfavordnesse [translating laideur].

    , II.12

Origin

From ill-favoured + -ness.

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APA

ill-favouredness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-favouredness

MLA

“ill-favouredness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-favouredness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ill-favouredness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill-favouredness.

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