Usually means: Not attractive; lacking beauty, charm.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word unlovely:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. unlovely: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unlovely: Merriam-Webster
  3. unlovely: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unlovely: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. unlovely: Collins English Dictionary
  6. unlovely: Vocabulary.com
  7. Unlovely, unlovely: Wordnik
  8. unlovely: Wiktionary
  9. unlovely: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. unlovely: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. unlovely: Dictionary.com
  12. unlovely: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Unlovely: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. unlovely: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. unlovely: Rhymezone
  16. Unlovely: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. unlovely: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. unlovely: FreeDictionary.org
  19. unlovely: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. unlovely: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unlovely: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  unattractive, ugly
▸ noun:  An unattractive or ugly thing or person.

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unpicturesque, unpleasant, ugly, unattractive, bad-looking, unfair, unbeautiful, ill-favored, uncute, ungorgeous, more...


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unpicturesque, unpleasant, ugly, unattractive, bad-looking, unfair, unbeautiful, ill-favored, uncute, ungorgeous, more...



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