HOMELINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeliness mean? 

• HOMELINESS (noun)
  The noun HOMELINESS has 2 senses:

1. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance

2. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

  Familiarity information: HOMELINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMELINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dowdiness; drabness; homeliness

Hypernyms ("homeliness" is a kind of...):

inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Derivation:

homely (lacking in physical beauty or proportion)

homely (without artificial refinement or elegance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

homeliness; plainness

Context example:

fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness

Hypernyms ("homeliness" is a kind of...):

appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)

Derivation:

homely (lacking in physical beauty or proportion)