uncomely

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

From Middle English uncomli, uncomelich, uncumelich, unkumelich, equivalent to un- + comely.

When he had gone out, Catherine wagged her uncomely grey head ominously. — Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
I was the man who Ghisola the fair To serve the Marquis' evil will led on, Whatever[525] the uncomely tale declare. — The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno, Dante Alighieri
He was like some of his race who have ancient, uncomely wives whom they despise and hate but without whom they cannot live. — Changeling, and Other Stories, Donn Byrne

indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unseemly, untoward

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