What does homeliness mean?

Definitions for homeliness
home·li·ness

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dowdiness, drabness, homelinessnoun

    having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance

  2. homeliness, plainnessnoun

    an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

    "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"

Wiktionary

  1. homelinessnoun

    The property of being homely.

  2. homelinessnoun

    The quality associated with home; domesticity

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Homelinessnoun

    Plainness; rudeness; coarseness.

    Etymology: from homely.

    has opened a great field of raillery to men of more delicacy than greatness of genius, by the homeliness of some of his sentiments. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

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  1. homeliness

    Homeliness refers to the quality or state of being unattractive in appearance or lacking physical appeal. It can also refer to the simple comfort or coziness of a place which gives a feeling of warmth or relaxation, akin to being at home, such as in a humble or modest environment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Homelinessnoun

    domesticity; care of home

  2. Homelinessnoun

    familiarity; intimacy

  3. Homelinessnoun

    plainness; want of elegance or beauty

  4. Homelinessnoun

    coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language

  5. Etymology: [From Homely.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of homeliness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of homeliness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of homeliness in a Sentence

  1. Wyndham Lewis:

    With a new familiarity and a flesh-creeping homeliness entirely of this unreal, materialistic world, where all sentiment is coarsely manufactured and advertised in colossal sickly captions, disguised for the sweet tooth of a monstrous baby called the Public, the family as it is, broken up on all hands by the agency of feminist and economic propaganda, reconstitutes itself in the image of the state.


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