Synonyms for homeliness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hohm-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊm li


Définition of homeliness

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from homely + -ness. Originally "meekness, gentleness," also "familiarity, intimacy; friendliness;" sense degenerated by c.1400 to "want of refinement in manners, coarseness; presumptuousness."
  • As in ugliness : noun unattractiveness
  • As in hideousness : noun ugliness
  • As in unsightliness : noun ugliness
Example sentences :
  • Even at that the English talk made my heart expand—the homeliness of it.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The force of his argument is not at all injured by the homeliness of his illustrations.
  • Extract from : « Pages From an Old Volume of Life » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • In her homeliness she presented a strange contrast to her surroundings.
  • Extract from : « A Pirate of Parts » by Richard Neville
  • It is the homeliness of a people without a home, without a country.
  • Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
  • A certain simplicity, not to say homeliness, of manners prevailed in the house.
  • Extract from : « Not Like Other Girls » by Rosa N. Carey
  • There should be an air of homeliness and open hospitality about the place.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Bachelor » by Walter Germain
  • Grant, however, was instantly so moved that he did not notice her homeliness.
  • Extract from : « The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig » by David Graham Phillips
  • Her homeliness of appearance amounted to the ugliness that is bitter.
  • Extract from : « Voltaire » by John Morley
  • This homeliness, among many other causes, arises out of one in chief.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) » by John Ruskin
  • Every house was a picture, a model of cleanliness and homeliness.
  • Extract from : « Across America by Motor-cycle » by C. K. Shepherd

Antonyms for homeliness

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