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单词 uncomely
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Definition of uncomely in English:

uncomely

adjectiveʌnˈkʌmli
humorous, archaic
  • 1(especially of a woman) not attractive.

    〈古,幽默〉(尤指妇女)不好看的,不秀丽的

    she was nineteen and not uncomely

    她芳龄十九,美丽动人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I just loved the line ‘not uncomely face’, and as for the denial - well, let me say that Kei is not immune to that, either.
    • The grotesque and uncomely horns that had jutted from the sides were now gone; golden swirls and designs replaced them on the new frame of the mirror.
    • The mother notes Raskolnikov's stubborn nature, mentioning the story of Raskolnikov's insistence on marrying his landlady's uncomely and lame daughter, despite her objections.
    • She knew that no man of Royal blood could ever want her uncomely daughter as his wife and she knew that Rachel hadn't the personality to attract a man simply for her thoughts.
    • Though I have no true beauty, I am not uncomely, arrogant as it sounds, and I would have been so entirely flustered I would have embarrassed both myself and the young gentlemen.
    • At the beginning of the film, her Toula is genuinely uncomely.
    • He remembers how he liked her mostly because she was an invalid and quite uncomely.
    • He wasn't sure whether to be thankful or outraged, but upon glimpsing the stranger's not uncomely face, Arron settled upon merely peeved.
    1. 1.1 Not agreeable or suitable.
      〈古〉不宜人的;不恰当的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yes, there was to be a new Hedonism that was to re-create life, and to save it from that harsh, uncomely Puritanism that is having, in our own day, its curious revival.
      • The trio treats their jittery dance-punk like a mad science experiment, haphazardly fusing club-ready basslines with uncomely electronic raucousness.
      • Just so, she thought, I cleanse my heart of suspicion's uncomely stain!
      • Such an uncomely house for a family as prominent as ours, I'll have you know.
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