Definitions for: Homeliness

[n] an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
[n] lacking stylishness or neatness

Webster (1913) Definition: Home"li*ness, n. [From Homely.]
1. Domesticity; care of home. [Obs.] ``Wifely homeliness.''
--Chaucer.

2. Familiarity; intimacy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.

4. Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the
homeliness of manners, or language. --Addison.

Synonyms: dowdiness, drabness, plainness

See Also: appearance, inelegance, visual aspect

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