2020-10-11 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด H - homely & comely

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Homely = ‘HOHM-lee’

ออกเสียง Comely = ‘KUHM-lee’

Dictionary.com

SYNONYM STUDY FOR HOMELY

Simple, homely ( homey ), homelike, plain imply absence of adornment or embellishment.

Something that is simple is not elaborate or complex: a simple kind of dress.

In the United States, homely usually suggests absence of natural beauty:

an unattractive person almost homely enough to be called ugly.

In England, the word suggests a wholesome simplicity without artificial refinement or elegance; since it characterizes that which is comfortable and attractive,

it is equivalent to homey:

a homely cottage.

Homelike also emphasizes comfort and attractiveness,

but it conveys less strongly thandoes homey a sense of intimate security:

a homelike interior, arrangement, atmosphere.

Something that is plain has little or no adornment: expensive but plain clothing.

Choose the Right Synonym for comely

BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY, HANDSOME, PRETTY, COMELY, FAIR

mean exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure.

BEAUTIFUL applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses. beautiful mountain scenery

LOVELY is close to BEAUTIFUL but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite. a lovely melody

HANDSOME suggests aesthetic pleasure due to proportion, symmetry, or elegance. a handsome Georgian mansion

PRETTY often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness. a painter of conventionally pretty scenes

COMELY is like HANDSOME in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to. the comely grace of a dancer

FAIR suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness. fair of face

Comely Has a Broad and Beautiful History

Although comely is now typically usedto describe the appearance of human beings,

it was once used more broadly of other appealing things,

such as fine clothing.

Comely can be traced back to an Old English word meaning "lovely, glorious, or fine."

If you're looking to pretty up your prose or poetry with additional words meaning "beautiful," English is well-supplied with them.

Aside from beautiful itself, we have lovely, handsome, pretty, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, ravishing, and even well-favored.

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

homely

plain; unattractive: a homely mongrel; lacking refinement: a homely country boy

Not to be confused with:

homey – comfortably informal; cozy; homelike; warm and friendly: a homey cottage

Collins COBUILD English Usage

homely

In American English, if you say that a person is homely,

you mean that they are not attractive to look at.

He was presumably Caporelli's neighbor, this meek-looking, homely man in the tweed jacket.

A broad grin spread across his homely features.

You cannot use homely in this way in British English.

If you want to say that someone is not attractive to look at, you say that they are plain.

...a plain plump girl with pigtails.

In British English, if you say that someone is homely,

you mean that they behave kindly and in a simple, unsophisticated way.

He greeted us in his usual homely manner.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

homely & comely

Although comely is a rarely used word,

it is sometimes confused with its direct opposite, homely.

A comely person is pleasing in appearance, attractive, pretty, handsome, good-looking, or personable.

A homely person is unattractive, not beautiful, even ugly.

Homely can also be used to mean “plain” or “domestic”:

“Jean was used to the homely duties of cleaning and cooking,”