not a pretty sight
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something visually unappealing, ranging from mildly unattractive to utterly disgusting in appearance.
Humorous; Uncountable
noun
Something disappointing, disquieting, disreputable, or otherwise unworthy of admiration.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The navvy was certainly not a pretty sight. His muscular arms and legs were all a-sprawl and his head hung back at a strange angle to his body."
- "Bud was not a pretty sight. Four days and nights of trying to see how much whisky he could drink, and how long he could play poker without going to sleep or going broke, had left their mark on his face."
- "Her lover, cheek by jowl with Maria, at the head of that army of Portuguese ragamuffins, was not a pretty sight."
- "The Tariff Bill was rounded into shape for final passage by the House last week. It was not a pretty sight for soft-hearted political theorists."
- "They showed little remorse in using this power to its full extent, against each other, against smaller producers and against the laboring poor, including strong-arm tactics of no legality. The result was not a pretty sight."