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Homely Homey Hoʊmli I Disappointed Sister Girl 我看到她的妹妹很失望,她是一个不漂亮的女孩

Front homely
Pron ['hoʊmli]
Back 【HOMELY】
I was very disappointed to see her sister; she was a homely girl.
我看到她的妹妹很失望,她是一个不漂亮的女孩。
【重点词汇】
homely adj. 不漂亮的 反: pretty
Vocab
homelylacking in physical beauty or proportion

Homely describes someone who's plain or unattractive, like your homely Aunt Agnes or her squish-faced bulldog.

The adjective homely is a slightly more gentle word than ugly, with a meaning closer to "plain" than "hideous." It's almost always used to describe a less-than-attractive person, and occasionally an animal. If you were British, you'd use homely to mean "cozy and homelike," but in the United States you'd say "homey". Be careful not to confuse homey with homely, or you could accidentally hurt someone's feelings.

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