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
Like that terrible, homely, orange curly-haired nurse, with orange polyester and bad glasses.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
The homely atmosphere is complemented by genuinely warm service, making guests feel more like visiting friends than restaurant patrons.
—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
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
The homely atmosphere is complemented by genuinely warm service, making guests feel more like visiting friends than restaurant patrons.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homely
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The advanced metrics paint an ugly picture for the Suns as well over that span: 114.0 OffRtg (11th), 117.3 DefRtg (27th), -3.2 NetRtg (21st).—
Evan Sidery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Or the constitutional dystopia in which we are now caught, beside which even the ugliest onscreen villainy pales into insignificance?—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 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
Adjective
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When the youth miracle drug turns to body horror, Moore becomes the decaying mutation called Gollum, made to look like a slow-progressing disease, while Moore and her younger incarnation (played by Margaret Qualley), merge into the hideous Monstro.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2025
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But the idea of a woman who is kind of crippled, or is struggling physically, to have the one and only thing that is supporting her, kicked out from underneath her is so vile and hideous.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Her being nominated for playing a grotesque has-been is, at the very least, a delicious irony.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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The grotesque high point: the meat dress, complete with an uncooked meat cap and shoes. 20 of pop culture's most showstopping red dresses Best Picture mix-up (2017 Oscars) And the Oscar goes to…absolute chaos!—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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The findings suggested extended periods of time spent in the captive environment of a shelter was encouraging dogs to behave in a manner considered unattractive to would-be adopters.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Excess government wastage and spending keep taxes high and contribute to making investing in our country increasingly unattractive.—
Shivaune Field,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Homely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homely. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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