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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance;
[syn: dowdiness, drabness, homeliness]

2. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful;
- Example: "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
[syn: homeliness, plainness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Homeliness \Home"li*ness\, n. [From Homely.] 1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] "Wifely homeliness." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty. [1913 Webster] 4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

homeliness n 1: having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance [syn: dowdiness, drabness, homeliness] 2: an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" [syn: homeliness, plainness]