unprepossessing
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[redigera] Engelska
[redigera] Adjektiv
- frånstötande, motbjudande
- Antonymer: prepossessing
- 2010: Solar, Ian McEwan:
- He belonged to that class of men, vaguely unprepossessing, often bald, short, fat, clever - who were unaccountably attractive to certain beautiful women.
- Han tillhörde den sortens män, något motbjudande, ofta flintskalliga, korta, feta, smarta - som oförklarligt sågs som attraktiva till vissa vackra kvinnor.
- He belonged to that class of men, vaguely unprepossessing, often bald, short, fat, clever - who were unaccountably attractive to certain beautiful women.
[redigera] Etymologi
Från un- + prepossess + -ing. Format ur pre- + possess.[1]
[redigera] Källor
- ↑ Från Hoad, TF (ed): The Oxford Library of Words and Phrases (1986). Storbritannien: Guild Publishing London.
