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اقبح

Root: قبح

Form: 4

Full Definition

اقبحIV He did [or said] what was bad, evil, abominable, foul, or unseemly.

def.2 مَا أَقْبَحَ وَجْهَهُ is said in reviling a man [as meaning How foul, unseemly, unsightly, ugly, or hideous, is his face!].
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