ill-favoured

1. 1.

   usually used of a face

   “an ill-favored countenance”

   Synonymsill-favored

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Questions about ill-favoured

What does ill-favoured mean?

ill-favoured means "usually used of a face".

How many syllables are in ill-favoured?

ill-favoured has 3 syllables and divides as ill--favou-red under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ill-favoured?

Close synonyms include ill-favored. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.