homeliness
noun[U]
uk/ˈhəʊm.li.nəs/us/ˈhoʊm.li.nəs/homelinessnoun[U](PLAIN)
UK
thequalityof beingsimpleorordinary, butpleasant, in a way that makes youthinkofhome:
Thefarmhousecombinesnostalgiaand homeliness.
Ilovedthewarmhomeliness of thestory.
- Thephotographsof hiswifeandchildaddanicetouchof homeliness andfamiliarity.
- Theylefttheluxuryof midtown for the homeliness of theMidwest.
- It was aone-stopshopthatcombinedthepleasureofconsumptionwith theidealsof homeliness andsimplicity.
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- generalized
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- humble
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
- unoriginal
- unostentatiously
- unremarkable
- well trodden
- workaday
homelinessnoun[U](UGLY)
USdisapproving
thequalityof beingunattractiveorugly:
长相难看，丑陋Hejokedabout the homeliness of thereporters.他拿记者的难看长相开起了玩笑。
The character's homeliness makes herlikeableand unthreatening.这个角色不好看的长相让她令人喜欢，毫无威胁性。
See
homely
- For somecars, like early Citroën, the homeliness isclear.
- Scientists andphilosopherslongrecognisedaso-calledbeautypremium, but can homelinesspaytoo?
- Homeliness ispartof hischarm.
Not attractive to look at
- back end
- be no oil paintingidiom
- be not much to look atidiom
- bleakly
- bleakness
- chintzy
- excrescence
- gopping
- gracelessly
- hatchet-faced
- have a face like the back end of a busidiom
- hideous
- hideousness
- pretty
- pretty-pretty
- reptilian
- scrappily
- scrappy
- vulgarity
- vulgarly