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Recent Examples of homeliness
Its homeliness is also its wealth—small and bricked, perhaps no longer functioning in its original capacity as a home to farmers but retaining a gift for earthy pleasures by keeping green, by keeping humble.
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Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
While Nara Smith has gained popularity for cooking entirely from scratch, Bob’s approach is leans into relatability, comfort and homeliness rather than aspiration.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
While Nara Smith has gained popularity for cooking entirely from scratch, Bob’s approach is leans into relatability, comfort and homeliness rather than aspiration.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homeliness
Noun
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There's no ugliness in molecules.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2026
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But The Weight finds the band in a different place, almost consciously rejecting these skyward concerns—ugliness and anxiety lurk at the edge of every riff.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Historically, appearing fatigued has been associated with poor health, aging and unattractiveness.—
Ella Alexander,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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The through-line across all of it – the music, the acting, the international stages – is a pair of principles Lo articulates with plainness.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Maybe that’s because the interiors have a certain plainness — one that’s accurate to Georgian classicism but boring to Hollywood hotshots.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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All the chickens, turkeys, goats, and pigs carry a certain odor, their makeshift habitat a distinct unsightliness, which disagree with Bruce and his husband Darrell’s more regal tastes.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Jude didn’t intend the grotesqueness of the film’s AI images to reflect humanity’s own grotesque behaviors; that’s a matter of interpretation.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What makes your own skin crawl isn’t just the hideousness of the violence but the unblinking matter-of-factness with which DaCosta films it.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Villainy, at the elite level, will not content itself with offensiveness alone; the all-timers, the boundary-pushers, bring fresh nuance to their antics.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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The push came amid concerns about the offensiveness of the name.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Homeliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homeliness. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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