plainness
noun[U]
uk/ˈpleɪn.nəs/us/ˈpleɪn.nəs/plainnessnoun[U](SIMPLE QUALITY)
thequalityof beingsimple, withoutdecorationor without anythingadded:
There's something about the plainness of thedesignwhich I like.
Richness ofdecorationbecomesmoreeffectivewhencontrastedwith plainness.
- Despitetheirplainness andtheirabsenceofwindows, thesebuildingsare notgenericwhiteboxes.
- It's asimpleblackdress,sleeveless,fallingto thefloorinunremarkableplainness, except for theratherrisquéslitup oneside.
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- generalized
- homeliness
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
- unoriginal
- unostentatiously
- unremarkable
- well trodden
- workaday
plainnessnoun[U](NOT BEAUTIFUL)
thefactof not beingbeautiful:
（尤指女性）相貌平平，不好看The only womeneverseenthere were those whoseageand plainnessguaranteedrespectability.在那里唯一见过的女人，是那些年龄和平凡相貌都能保证受人尊敬的女人。
- Certainly men, like Pompey, had usedtheirlookstofurthertheircareers. On the otherhand, Cicero wasproofthat plainness was nodisadvantage.
- Her plainness isactuallypartof herallure.
- Rochester isfascinatedby Jane'switandindependence,despiteher plainness.
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
plainnessnoun[U](CLEAR QUALITY)
thefactof beingclearlyunderstoodbecause of beingobviousor being veryhonest:
直率，坦诚He told us withgreatplainness what we had donewrong.他非常坦率地告诉我们哪里做错了。
To Minnesotans, there is nogreatervirtuethan plainness: beinghonest,straightforward,unpretentious,plain-spoken.对明尼苏达人来说，没有比坦率更大的美德：诚实、直率、朴实无华、直言不讳。
- The plainness of the writing, thepersuasivespeechrhythms, make this one of his mosteffectivepoems.
- Lettruthand plainness be the onlyornamentofyourlanguage.
- Forgive my plainness, but Idoubtthetruthof this.
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- abruptly
- abruptness
- bald
- baldly
- baldness
- bluff
- blunt
- directness
- edgelord
- flat outphrase
- forthright
- forthrightness
- outspoken
- plain speaking
- plain-spoken
- point-blank
- pull
- shoot
- suffer
- vocal
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Apparent and obvious