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unbeauty en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + beauty.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Lack of beauty; unattractiveness.
    • And she grimaces and distorts her features while she thinks and talks, trying perhaps to distract attention from the un-beauty of her face by keeping it in motion. 1982, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, Text Publishing, published 2022, page 44:

unbeauty en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + beauty.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To unbeautify.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unbeauties Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unbeautied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unbeautied Tense=Past lexicographic
unbeautying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic