UNSIGHTLINESS, UNSIGHTLY
ADJECTIVES
► EYESORE unsightly, ugly; unpleasant to look at; esp. used of a building or landscape → 1798
► SIGHTLESS unsightly → 1595 obs.
NOUNS
► DISSIGHT an unsightly object; a blemish, disfigurement → 1876 Eng. dial.
► FEAR-CROW a scarecrow; any unsightly object → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MUNG anything distasteful or unsightly → 1968 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► TURPITUDE foulness, offensiveness, unsightliness → 1684 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BARGHEST a person who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person → 1863 Eng. dial.