plain
adjective (NOT BEAUTIFUL) /pleɪn/Definition
C2 (especially of a woman or girl) not beautiful: She had been a very plain child.Not attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant a plain Jane › a woman or girl who is not attractive: If she'd been a plain Jane, she wouldn't have had all the attention.Not attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant plainness /-nəs/ noun [U] Not attractive to look atSerious and unpleasantPlain and ordinaryTedious and uninspiring
(Definition of plain adjective (NOT BEAUTIFUL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blot on the landscape idiom
- be no oil painting idiom
- be not much to look at idiom
- blowsy adjective
- charmless adjective
- florid adjective (DECORATED)
- ghoulish adjective
- hideously adverb
- horsey adjective
- icky adjective
- inelegant adjective
- look a fright idiom
- minger noun
- monstrosity noun
- putrid adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- ugly adjective (NOT ATTRACTIVE)
- ugly duckling noun
- unappealing adjective
- unattractive adjective
- unbecoming adjective
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Not attractive to look at
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