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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