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Recent Examples of uncomely Everyone knows ugliness is in the eye of the beholder and, to a dog lover, there is no such thing as an uncomely canine. John Rogers, Twin Cities, 24 June 2019 In this dark comedy set primarily in the late 1920s, our narrator is Aroon St. Charles, the heavy, uncomely daughter of a landed Anglo-Irish family beset by money troubles. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncomely
Adjective
  • Everyone knew it, especially when some San Francisco Giants batters took ugly hacks against it in the first inning.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Win that one, too, of course, and the No. 1-seed Cleveland Cavaliers and the best record in the NBA Eastern Conference would await to very likely only elongate the end for this Heat season and end it ugly. Do not expect a play-in to the Finals miracle run like Miami pulled off two years ago.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.
    Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2019
  • His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.
    SI.com, SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
  • The architectural vandalism was hideous and heartbreaking to watch, inhumane civic renewal by wrecking ball in the discredited vein of Robert Moses.
    Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The month leading up to their Champions League tie with Real Madrid has been absolutely hideous.
    Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • When caterpillars retreat to their cocoons, part of the process of transformation can be aesthetically unbecoming and grotesque.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Beyond the chaotic rise of every brood lies one of nature’s most grotesque manipulations — a horrid affair that keeps this species alive against the odds.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Uncomely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncomely. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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