Standard Lemma guide

unsightly

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ʌnˈsaɪtli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N S AY1 T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Displeasing to the eye.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disgusting, ugly

Antonyms: beautiful, sightly

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

unpleasant to look at

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unsightly billboards

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sightly English unsightly From un- + sightly.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: грозен (grozen) — displeasing to the eye
  • Bulgarian: противен (protiven) — displeasing to the eye
  • Chinese Mandarin: 難看 /难看 (nánkàn) — displeasing to the eye
  • Czech: nevzhledný — displeasing to the eye
  • Dutch: onooglijk — displeasing to the eye
  • Finnish: epämiellyttävän näköinen — displeasing to the eye
  • Finnish: rumannäköinen — displeasing to the eye
  • Finnish: ruma — displeasing to the eye
  • French: disgracieux — displeasing to the eye
  • French: inesthétique — displeasing to the eye
  • Icelandic: óásjálegur — displeasing to the eye
  • Italian: antiestetico — displeasing to the eye
  • Italian: inguardabile — displeasing to the eye
  • Jamtish: ljøt — displeasing to the eye
  • Japanese: 目障り (mezawari) — displeasing to the eye
  • Latin: turpis — displeasing to the eye
  • Māori: haruharu — displeasing to the eye
  • Portuguese: antiestético — displeasing to the eye
  • Romanian: dizgrațios — displeasing to the eye
  • Romanian: inestetic — displeasing to the eye
  • Russian: непригля́дный (neprigljádnyj) — displeasing to the eye
  • Sanskrit: अश्रीर (aśrīra) — displeasing to the eye
  • Slovak: nepekný — displeasing to the eye
  • Slovak: nevzhľadný — displeasing to the eye
  • Slovak: nevkusný — displeasing to the eye
  • Spanish: antiestético — displeasing to the eye
  • Swedish: ful — displeasing to the eye
  • Swedish: gräslig — displeasing to the eye
  • Swedish: anskrämlig — displeasing to the eye