charmless

Examples

• All

• Few people have done more to bring the charmless factory and warehouse into the modern cityscape and to legitimize monotony as part of the formal vocabulary of 20th-century architecture.

  Academic text (2012)

• She went on cleaning and cooking, but the charmless modern surfaces she tended gave her no joy.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Probably it was better to destroy something charmless in its heart than something which, with care, might have maintained a tender innocence.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Jack isn't exactly charmless, you know.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "Charmless man, that's me," he said.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I assumed from the beginning that you're utterly charmless.

  Blog text (26)

• There is a bronze menorah and a Jewish star embedded in the stucco floor, all new and charmless.

  Fiction book (2002)

• During the day, it was gloomy, small, and charmless, but from midnight on, its coarse and yet accommodating patrons brought it to life.

  Fiction book (1993)

• If the president doesn't ditch his charmless demeanor and hangdog look and sharpen up his rhetoric, Romney will steal the middle ground from under his nose.

  Blog text (23)

• The luncheon meeting was held in a dark, charmless room at the chamber's headquarters.

Synonyms

U

ugly

vscharmless

866 1.0

Not pleasant to look at

describes simple lack of charm or appeal rather than strong harsh unpleasantness

U

unattractive

vscharmless

37 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

focuses on lack of charm and general appeal rather than only looks

B

bland

vscharmless

31 2.8

A thing that has no strong character and few interesting features

is about lacking charm or attractiveness rather than merely being featureless

U

unappealing

vscharmless

15 4.1

Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting

is about lacking charm or attractiveness rather than only missing pleasantness

U

unglamorous

vscharmless

4 5.4

Not attractive or exciting and often plain

focuses on lacking charm and attractiveness more than lacking prestige

U

ugly as sin

vscharmless

• Offensive

2 7.2

Very unpleasant to look at or to be with

expresses mere absence of charm and appeal rather than extreme offensiveness

U

unbeautiful

vscharmless

1 6.2

Not attractive in looks or style

focuses on missing general charm and appeal rather than only beauty

U

unlovely

vscharmless

1 6.0

Not attractive and unpleasant to see or hear

expresses simple lack of charm or appeal rather than harsh ugliness

U

unhandsome

vscharmless

1 6.6

Not attractive to look at

is about lacking charm and appeal in general rather than plain looks

S

styleless

vscharmless

1 6.0

Having a plain look that is not fashionable

focuses on missing charm and appeal rather than only lacking style

N

noncharismatic

vscharmless

7.6

Not having charm or the power to attract and inspire people

is about missing general charm and appeal rather than lack of inspiration

U

unalluring

vscharmless

6.8

Not attractive or interesting

emphasizes missing general charm and attractiveness, not only lack of interest

G

glamourless

vscharmless

5.5

Looks plain and not attractive or exciting

is about simple lack of charm or appeal rather than missing glamour

Antonyms

C

charming

418 1.0

Pleasant and attractive in a way that people like

A

appealing

138 2.3

Makes people like it, for example a friendly smile or a new idea

A

alluring

24 5.2

Very attractive in a way that makes people feel interested or want it

How Charming

charming

418 1.0

captivating

14 4.2

attractive

680 1.0

pleasant

314 1.0

charmless

2 4.2

plain

208 1.0

dull

182 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology