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homely 音标拼音: [h'omli] a. 家常的,平凡的,丑陋的 家常的,平凡的,丑陋的 homely adj 1: lacking in physical beauty or proportion; " a homely child"; " several of the buildings were downright homely"; " a plain girl with a freckled face" [ synonym: { homely}, { plain}] 2: having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; " the homely everyday atmosphere"; " a homey little inn" [ synonym: { homelike}, { homely}, { homey}, { homy}] 3: plain and unpretentious; " homely truths"; " letters to his son full of homely advice"; " homely fare" 4: without artificial refinement or elegance; " plain homely furniture"; " homely manners" Homely \ Home" ly\, a. [ Compar. { Homelier}; superl. { Homeliest}.] [ From { Home}, n.] 1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] With all these men I was right homely, and communed with, them long and oft. -- Foxe. [ 1913 Webster] Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. -- Gray. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners. [ 1913 Webster] Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the homeliest strains. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; ugly; -- usually used of people, especially women; -- contrary to { handsome}. [ 1913 Webster] None so homely but loves a looking- glass. -- South. [ 1913 Webster]
Homely \ Home" ly\, adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [ R.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 204 Moby Thesaurus words for " homely": Attic, Babbittish, Bohemian, Philistine, Spartan, affable, amiable, ascetic, austere, bald, bare, baseborn, basic, beautiless, below the salt, blemished, blotted, bourgeois, cacophonic, cacophonous, campy, candid, casual, chaste, cheerful, classic, classical, cockney, comfortable, comfy, commodious, common, commonplace, congenial, contented, convenient, cordial, cosy, cozy, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, defaced, degage, direct, disfigured, domestic, dry, dull, dysphemistic, dysphemized, easeful, easy, easygoing, elementary, essential, everyday, familiar, folksy, frank, free and easy, friendly, fundamental, garden, garden- variety, general, gracious, haymish, high- camp, homelike, homespun, homey, homish, homogeneous, household, humble, humble- looking, humble- visaged, humblest, ill- favored, indivisible, inelegant, informal, inglorious, innocuous, intimate, irreducible, irregular, kitschy, lean, least, lived- in, loose, low, low- camp, lowborn, lowbred, lowest, lowliest, lowly, luxurious, marred, matter- of- fact, mean, mere, modest, monolithic, natural, neat, nonclerical, nondescript, of a piece, offhand, offhanded, open, ordinary, peaceful, plain, plain- speaking, plain- spoken, plebeian, poor, pop, popular, primal, primary, prosaic, prosing, prosy, public, pure, pure and simple, relaxed, relaxing, reposeful, restful, roomy, rude, rustic, serene, severe, shabby- genteel, short on looks, simon- pure, simple, simple- speaking, single, small, snug, sober, sociable, soft, spare, spoiled, stark, straightforward, teachable, third- estate, tranquil, uglified, ugly, ugly as hell, ugly as sin, unadorned, unaesthetic, unaffected, unalluring, unassuming, unattractive, unbeauteous, unbeautiful, unceremonious, uncluttered, uncomely, unconstrained, unconventional, undifferenced, undifferentiated, undistinguished, unelaborate, ungarnished, ungenteel, unhandsome, uniform, unimaginative, unimportant, unlovely, unofficial, unornamented, unostentatious, unpleasing, unpoetical, unpretending, unpretentious, unpretty, unsightly, unsophisticated, unstudied, unvarnished, vernacular, vulgar, warm, workaday, workday
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