Homely and Knockout

Opposite meaning words

Homely adjective - Unpleasant to look at.

Usage example: a vast family fortune can make even the homeliest of women seem like good marriage material

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Knockout is an antonym for homely.

Nearby Words: home, homey, homeliness

Knockout adjective - Very pleasing to look at.

Usage example: a knockout sports car that's the talk of the neighborhood

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Homely is an antonym for knockout.

Nearby Words: knock, knocked, knockdown, knocker

Twisted in an episode of Two and a Half Men, where a homely childhood friend of Alan's shows up, now a knockout.

Source: She Is All Grown Up

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