homeliness
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈhoʊmliːnəs/
:
simplicidad
- And you're going to lose sort of your your your homeliness in the deep sea where it's all peace and you're, you're every wave.
Examples
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People with awful personalities or homeliness who make a conscious decision to become bisexual, thereby doubling potential sexual partners yet still remain unfuckable to everyone.
Blog text (14) -
Homeliness made whatever beset her all the more cruel.
Fiction book (2001) -
This second, dark lady had a hilly nose and pockmarked skin, but no pity needed to be wasted on her homeliness.
Fiction book (1992) -
But her homeliness weighs on him favorably, accentuating his moderate beauty.
Fiction book (2001) -
I don't take on babies. "Aw, Floss, I've had customers younger than him," said the second, a girl of incredible homeliness who nevertheless had pretty green eyes.
Fiction book (1993) -
You designate anyone who has ever been or might conceivably be upset at the slaughter of animals or embarrassed by the homeliness of her coat when she stands alone for the first time on a crowded city street.
Academic text (1994) -
Billy had tried to concentrate on the homeliness of Leo’s form, the crudity of his speech, but Morgan was present in Billy’s mind too, diverting him in ways not much different from what Leo was thinking.
Fiction book (1994) -
But while, unlike in hotels, in the pension, transparent domesticity is seen as a means of creating a private and "homely" (401) atmosphere, constant talk of the commercial relations that the guests have entered as paying customers of a cheap pension undermines the simulated homeliness.
Academic text (2018) -
But all considerations of inner beauty aside, she was plain to the point of homeliness.
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Only her eyes, her dark luminescent eyes, rescued her from homeliness.
Synonyms
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5.1
A plain, dull appearance with no bright color or style
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5.1
A plain, empty look with no decorations
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8.1
A simple, plain way that country life looks and feels
Not having an attractive appearance
A plain, unattractive look of a person or building
A style of dressing that looks plain and old-fashioned
A very plain, simple style with no decoration or luxury
A state of being ordinary and not exciting
Antonyms
- NSFW
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3.2
The quality that makes people notice and like someone's looks or character
How Attractive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Homeliness comes from home ('home'), because it once described the simple, comfortable feeling of a house or a person who feels like home. So, homeliness now means 'plainness' or a simple, not very attractive appearance.