scream
verb (NOT ATTRACTIVE) /skriːm/Definition
› [I] If you say that two colours are screaming at each other, you think that they do not look attractive or pleasant together: You can't wear that pink jacket with your orange skirt. They'll just scream at each other.Not attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant
(Definition of scream verb (NOT ATTRACTIVE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blot on the landscape idiom
- be no oil painting idiom
- be not much to look at idiom
- blowsy adjective
- charmless adjective
- florid adjective (DECORATED)
- ghoulish adjective
- hideously adverb
- horsey adjective
- icky adjective
- inelegant adjective
- look a fright idiom
- minger noun
- monstrosity noun
- putrid adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- ugly adjective (NOT ATTRACTIVE)
- ugly duckling noun
- unappealing adjective
- unattractive adjective
- unbecoming adjective
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Not attractive to look at
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