أَسْوَأُ
Root: سوأ
Full Definition
def.2 [Also,] applied as an epithet to a man, Evil, bad, abominable, foul, unseemly, unsightly, or ugly: fem. سَوْآءُ , which is thus applied to a woman; or this is an instance of the measure فَععلَآءُ having no [masc. of the measure] أَفَعَلُ. See also سَوْءَةٌ, in four places. It is said in a trad. of the Prophet, or of 'Omar, سَوْآءُ وَلُودٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَسْنَآءَ عَقِيمٍ [An ugly prolific woman is better than a beautiful barren one].
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