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- 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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- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- appalling,
- awful,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- dreadful,
- gross,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- loathsome,
- nauseating,
- nauseous,
- noisome,
- repellent
- (also repellant),
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- sickening
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“Homely.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homely. Accessed 24 January 2020.
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