Meaning & use
unsightly
Unpleasant or unattractive to look at.
See it in a sentence
The city covered the unsightly construction fence with colorful murals painted by local students.
Weeds had left an unsightly patch of yellow grass in the middle of the lawn.
A note on using this word
Unsightly is a fairly formal word for something visually displeasing; it describes appearance only, not behavior or character.
Words with a similar meaning
uglyunattractive
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