Homeliness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or quality of being homely, in any sense of that word.
  • noun. Household management.
  • noun. Familiarity; intimacy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Domesticity; care of home.
  • noun. Familiarity; intimacy.
  • noun. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
  • noun. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement.
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  • noun. The property of being homely.
  • noun. The quality associated with home; domesticity
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  • noun. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
  • noun. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
    • Word Usage
    "It doesn't help that her homeliness is a sharp contrast to the declaration of all the men on screen that she's some sort of immortal beauty."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    appearance  inelegance  visual aspect  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ambience  aptness  bareness  commonness  comprehensiveness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coarseness  domesticity  familiarity  intimacy  plainness  
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