Meanings
uncomely1
comparative uncomelier · superlative uncomeliest
- Homely; unattractive.
The ghost of a demure smile flickered about her mouth as she complied, and in that moment her face seemed less uncomely.
1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados
uncomely2
comparative more uncomely · superlative most uncomely
- In an uncomely way; inappropriately, unappealingly.
The first troupe was a monstrous rablement / Of fowle misshapen wights, of which some were / Headed like Owles, with beckes vncomely bent […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
uncomely · adjective
- Middle Englishuncomli
- Englishuncomely
From Middle English uncomli, uncomelich, uncumelich, unkumelich, equivalent to un- + comely.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →uncomely · adverb
- Middle Englishuncomly
- Englishuncomely
From Middle English uncomly, uncomli, from the adjective (see above).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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