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handsome

Definitions

adjective

  1. given or giving freely
  2. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

Examples

My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards.

His young, handsome, tonsured head was exquisitely carved in stone.

Matters went on pretty well with us until my master was seized with a severe fit of illness, in consequence of which his literary scheme was completely defeated, and his condition in life materially injured; of course, the glad tones of encouragement which I had been accustomed to hear were changed into expressions of condolence, and sometimes assurances of unabated friendship; but then it must be remembered that I, the handsomest blue coat, was _still in good condition_, and it will perhaps appear, that if I were not my master's

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ugly

Definitions

adjective

  1. provoking horror
  2. morally reprehensible
  3. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
  4. displeasing to the senses

Examples

They are also quite preternaturally ugly, bringing a rude abbreviation to the extension of the leg and drawing attention to the unbeautiful formlessness of the shoe, and the cheapness of its material and fabrication.

So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be.

So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be.

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