ill-favourednessn.
/ˌɪlˈfeɪvədnɪs/ The quality of being ill-favoured; ugliness, uncomeliness, objectionableness.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun]
uglinessc1340
foulnessa1398
dishonestyc1400
deformityc1450
laidure1483
ugsomeness1483
evilfavouredness1535
ill-favouredness1565
hard-favouredness1585
deformedness1588
disgrace1596
unsightliness1611
disfavour1706
hard-featuredness1839
eye-soreness1883
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Deformitas..vncomelinesse, ill fauourednesse.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xlv. 17) Although the illfavourednes of the cross darken the glorie of the Church before the world.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 220 Like those glass eyes which squint eyed people wear to honest the ill-favouredness of their faces.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Deformity Ugliness, Ill-favouredness.
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