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    unsightly
    un‧sight‧ly /ʌnˈsaɪtli/ adjective
     Word Family: noun: sight, insight, oversight, sighting; adjective: sighted, unsightly, sightless, insightful; verb: sight
     Date: 1400-1500
     Origin: sightly 'pleasant to look at' (15-21 centuries), from sight
    ugly or unpleasant to look at:
        unsightly buildings
        unsightly marks
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ ugly very unpleasant to look at - used about people, objects, and buildings: She thinks she's ugly but she's not. | an ugly block of flats | cheap ugly furniture
       ▪ unattractive not pleasant to look at. Unattractive sounds more formal and less strong than ugly: an unattractive modern town which was built during the 1960s | Women found him unattractive.
       ▪ unsightly formal not pleasant to look at, and spoiling the appearance of something: Unsightly red spots started to appear on her face. | The windows have been blocked off with unsightly metal bars.