different between unattractive vs unlovely

English

Etymology

From un- +? attractive.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækt?v

Adjective

unattractive (comparative more unattractive, superlative most unattractive)

1. Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
2. Lacking the power to attract interest.

Antonyms

• attractive

Translations

Noun

unattractive (plural unattractives)

1. An aesthetically unattractive person

English

Etymology

From Middle English unlovely, onlovely, unlovelich, equivalent to un- +? lovely.

Adjective

unlovely (comparative unlovelier, superlative unloveliest)

1. unattractive, ugly
   • 2005, Simon Winchester, The Professor and the Madman, HarperCollins, page 6 [1]:

     Even today Lambeth is a singularly unlovely part of the British capital, jammed anonymously between the great fan of roads and railway lines that take commuters in and out of the city center from the southern counties.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 404:

     Francis's own unlovely tunic, and that of his female colleague Clare, foundress of parallel communities for women, are lovingly preserved and displayed by the nuns of St Clare in Assisi […]

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