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Unsightly vs Excrescency - What's the difference?

unsightly | excrescency |

As an adjective unsightly

is displeasing to the eye.

As a noun excrescency is

an excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development; an example of this.

unsightly

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • displeasing to the eye

    • Usage notes

    * The forms unsightlier and unsightliest are dated.

    Synonyms

    * disgusting * ugly

    Antonyms

    * beautiful * sightly

    excrescency

    English

    Noun

    (excrescencies)
  • An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development; an example of this.
  • (obsolete) An exuberant outburst; an extravagance.
  • (obsolete) An excrescence; something excrescent; an outgrowth.
  • (obsolete) An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth.

    • Related terms

    * excrescence * excrescent

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