homely
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Synonyms & Antonyms for homely
Synonyms
grotesque, hideous, ill-favored, monstrous, ugly, unappealing, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly, vile
Antonyms
aesthetic (also esthetic), attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, lovely, pretty, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored
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Unlike the homely pub, these places lent drinking a veneer of refinement and blurred social boundaries, offering the working classes access to a kind of space and experience previously reserved for the wealthy. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, "Briefly Noted," 3 Sep. 2019 Nothing in Americaās tepid 19th-century contributions to European classical music adumbrated it; nor did the homely and sometimes hokey popular songs of Stephen Foster. — Heather Mac Donald, National Review, "The American Songbook," 22 Aug. 2019 Pickles and relishes, so much a part of our heritage, have given a lift to many a homely meal. — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, "The art of pickling those summer vegetables," 21 Aug. 2019 Nevertheless, in his best work Mr. Shaw transforms the inherently homely into something beautiful. — Peter Plagens, WSJ, "āGeorge Shaw: A Corner of a Foreign Fieldā Review: Solid, Quietly Poetic and Gently Political," 3 Oct. 2018 Metal images tend to predominate in studies of early photography, thanks to their relative ubiquity, physical durability, and the literal brilliance of the daguerreotype and its homelier cousin the tintype. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "At Yale: on the threshold and under the volcano," 6 July 2018 Meatloaf can be a a homely dish, but give your next recipe a makeover by baking it in a Bundt pan. — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, "6 ways to use a Bundt pan you probably havenāt tried," 20 June 2018 Practical sports sedans such as the WRX and Honda's similarly boosted (and even more homely) Civic Type R four-door hatchback are what's in vogue these days. — Daniel Miller, latimes.com, "Nissan 370Z is a sports car anachronism ā a fast one," 30 Mar. 2018 Alcott appeased Niles, the publisher, by writing in Professor Friedrich Bhaer, a homely German professor, as a husband. — Washington Post, "āLittle Womenā and author Alcott resonate 150 years later," 12 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'homely.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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