as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
along with thousands of other people, we entered our beloved pooch in a contest to find the homeliest dog in the country
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Recent Examples of homely
The homely atmosphere is complemented by genuinely warm service, making guests feel more like visiting friends than restaurant patrons.
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Lela London, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The firms today have innocuous, homely names such as Dave.com and Brigit; their websites are adorned with stock photos of young people and families evidently basking in the relief of a short-term financial crisis averted.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Over-collars with homely top-stitching details look like something out of The Scarlet Letter.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
The colour palette of petrol-blue, canary yellow and bright orange adds to this homely vibe and feels at once interesting and welcoming.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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Lela London, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
The firms today have innocuous, homely names such as Dave.com and Brigit; their websites are adorned with stock photos of young people and families evidently basking in the relief of a short-term financial crisis averted.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
Over-collars with homely top-stitching details look like something out of The Scarlet Letter.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
The colour palette of petrol-blue, canary yellow and bright orange adds to this homely vibe and feels at once interesting and welcoming.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homely
Adjective
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An ugly opt in: If there is no trade by Feb. 6, Butler then regains a degree of leverage with the right to invoke his $52.4 million player option next season.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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This underscores an ugly truth as to why California’s housing is grossly and unnecessarily expensive, and in short supply.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
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And in reading on, it will be said up front that government spending is the most hideous, economy-sapping tax of all.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Also, there may be three outfits, but that’s less exciting when all three of them are hideous.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2025
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Janacek’s Capriccio is a strange hybrid of lyricism and grotesque shocks of color.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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As is the case with horror icons such as Dracula, Freddy Krueger, and The Babadook, expect Bill Skarsgård's grotesque Count Orlok to be an annual Halloween costume favorite from now on.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Brown used the discourse to take a shot at Jemele Hill, suggesting that the journalist is unattractive and that men don’t want to be romantically involved with her.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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That’s so great in the book, having that perspective on somebody’s darkest, deepest, most unattractive, unflattering thoughts.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
4 Dec. 2024
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“Homely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homely. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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