Shocking vs Homely - What's the difference?
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Inspiring shock; startling
Unusually obscene or lewd
(colloquial) Extremely bad
The application of an electric shock.
* 2005 , Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet
(dated) Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.
* 1958 , , Lolita , Chapter 15
(archaic) Characteristic of or belonging to home; domestic.
On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate.
* 1563 , , Chapter on William Thorpe
Domestic; tame.
Personal; private.
Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial.
(archaic) Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned.
* 1731 , , Strephon and Chloe, Lines 211-212
* 2001 , Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography , Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 167,
Shocking is a related term of homely.
As adjectives the difference between shocking and homely
is that shocking is inspiring shock; startling while homely is (dated) lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive.As a verb shocking
is .As a noun shocking
is the application of an electric shock.shocking
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(en noun)- We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings , beatings, brandings,
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(en-adj)- There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass.
- You see, she'' sees herself as a starlet; ''I see her as a sturdy, healthy but decidedly homely kid.
- With all these men I was right homely , and communed with them long and oft.
- Now Strephon daily entertains / His Chloe in the homeliest strains.
- There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.