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Meaning of "unhomely" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNHOMELY

unhomely  [ʌnˈhəʊmlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNHOMELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unhomely is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNHOMELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unhomely in the English dictionary

The definition of unhomely in the dictionary is not homely.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNHOMELY


awesomely
ˈɔːsəmlɪ
Bramley
ˈbræmlɪ
Bromley
ˈbrɒmlɪ
calmly
ˈkɑːmlɪ
comely
ˈkʌmlɪ
dimly
ˈdɪmlɪ
dumbly
ˈdʌmlɪ
extremely
ɪkˈstriːmlɪ
firmly
ˈfɜːmlɪ
handsomely
ˈhænsəmlɪ
homely
ˈhəʊmlɪ
namely
ˈneɪmlɪ
randomly
ˈrændəmlɪ
solemnly
ˈsɒləmlɪ
sublimely
səˈblaɪmlɪ
supremely
sʊˈpriːmlɪ
timely
ˈtaɪmlɪ
uniformly
ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːmlɪ
untimely
ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ
warmly
ˈwɔːmlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNHOMELY

unhoard
unholier
unholiest
unholily
unholiness
unholy
unhomelike
unhomogenised
unhomogenized
unhonored
unhonoured
unhood
unhook
unhoop
unhoped-for
unhopeful
unhopefully
unhorse
unhospitable
unhostile

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNHOMELY

blithesomely
contumely
cumbersomely
fearsomely
fulsomely
gladsomely
gruesomely
irksomely
lightsomely
lissomely
noisomely
quarrelsomely
tiresomely
toilsomely
troublesomely
uncomely
unwholesomely
wearisomely
wholesomely
winsomely
worrisomely

Synonyms and antonyms of unhomely in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unhomely» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNHOMELY

Find out the translation of unhomely to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unhomely from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unhomely» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unhomely
1,325 millions of speakers

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unhomely
570 millions of speakers

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unhomely
510 millions of speakers

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unhomely
380 millions of speakers
ar

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unhomely
280 millions of speakers

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unhomely
278 millions of speakers

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unhomely
270 millions of speakers

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unhomely
260 millions of speakers

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unhomely
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak semestinya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unheimischsein
180 millions of speakers

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unhomely
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unhomely
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unhomely
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unhomely
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unhomely
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अघोषित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unhomely
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unhomely
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unhomely
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unhomely
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unhomely
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unhomely
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unhomely
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unhomely
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unhomely
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unhomely

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNHOMELY»

The term «unhomely» is used very little and occupies the 179.110 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNHOMELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unhomely

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNHOMELY»

Discover the use of unhomely in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unhomely and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Architectural Uncanny: Essays in the Modern Unhomely
He interprets the unsettling qualities of today's architecture - itsfragmented neo-constructivist forms reminiscent of dismembered bodies, its "seeing walls"replicating the passive gaze of domestic cyborgs, its historical monuments ...
Anthony Vidler, 1994
2
Unhomely Rooms: Foreign Tongues and Spanish American Literature
Even as he exposes the cultural fragmentation of Spanish America, Diaz's critical gesture allows strangeness to become an integral part not only of individuals, as Freud argues in "The Uncanny," but also of national cultural communities.
Roberto Ignacio Díaz, 2002
3
Unhomely States: Theorizing English-Canadian Postcolonialism
Unhomely States is the first collection of foundational essays of Canadian postcolonial theory. The essays span the period from 1965 to the present day and approach broad issues of Canadian culture and society.
Cynthia Sugars, 2004
4
The unhomely: phantom scenes in global society : 2nd ...
The book features essays by Judith Butler, Okwui Enwezor, Martin Heidegger, Thomas Keenan, Achilles Mbembe, Retort, Alberto Ruiz de Samaniego, Terry Smith, and Ruti Teitel, as well as featuring images from the artwork of the ninety-one ...
Okwui Enwezor, 2006
5
The Location of Culture
UNHOMELY LIVES: THE LITERATURE OF RECOGNITION Fanon recognizes the crucial importance, for subordinated peoples, of asserting their indigenous cultural traditions and retrieving their repressed histories. But he is far too aware of ...
‎1994
6
Dangerous Liaisons: Gender, Nation, and Postcolonial ...
In the house of fiction you can hear, today, the deep stirring of the unhomely. You must permit me this awkward word — "unhomely" — because it captures something of the estranging sense of the relocation of the home and the world in an ...
Anne McClintock, Aamir Mufti, Ella Shohat, 1997
7
Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister"
Becoming homely in being unhomely — the ambiguity of being unhomely. The truth of the choral ode as the innermost middle of the tragedy The closing words of the choral ode point toward the homestead in which everything homely is ...
Martin Heidegger, 1996
8
Edouard Glissant and Postcolonial Theory: Strategies of ...
5. Delirious. Language. Living. in. the. Unhomely. World. We have seen how various forms of delirium and madness are rooted in the mimetic drive, that is, the ambivalent identification with the white Other's speech. Glissant's writing, like ...
Celia Britton, 1999
9
Heidegger toward the Turn: Essays on the Work of the 1930s
Yet human beings are not merely uncanny, unhomely; they are the most uncanny of all that is uncanny, the most unhomely of the unhomely (das Unheimlichste des Unheimlichen: EM 114). The essence of this most unhomely one that the ...
James Risser, 1999
10
Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Beyond of Language
Namely, if human beings are, in their essence, unhomely, might there not be a sense in which human beings are at home precisely in their unhomeliness? So far, we have considered the human being as one who is unhomely yet who is ...
Robert Hughes, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNHOMELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unhomely is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Delicate Demons: do women belong in the home?
The overall sense of the series is of the unheimlich, the uncanny or unhomely, in which the familiar contains aspects which are both known and strange, ... «British Journal of Photography, Jun 15»
2
Home-Work: gender and urban immigrant relocation
My argument here is that questions of home, work and the city for immigrant women must be regarded in a larger, global and local context of the unhomely, ... «Open Democracy, Jun 15»
3
fiona roberts forms sculptural body furnishings for intimate vestiges
... connections. the art work of fiona roberts collides these intimate yet unhomely realms as a way to look inside from the outside – a form of intimate surveillance.'. «Designboom, May 15»
4
Feral Gardens
It's always worth sourcing that feeling to Freud's unheimlich, unhomely, something at once familiar and alien. Common life, but different. The drone lifts off first in ... «The Nation., Feb 15»
5
New Texts Out Now: Mayanthi L. Fernando, The Republic Unsettled …
Conversely, that disjuncture repeats itself in the uncanniness—and remember that the German unheimliche (Freud 1919, 219n1) literally means unhomely—of ... «Jadaliyya, Feb 15»
6
Why are dolls so creepy?
For Freud, the uncanny (unheimlich or unhomely) is a doubt as to 'whether an apparently animate being is really alive; or, conversely, whether a lifeless object ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
7
The Legacy; Remember Me; Skint; Posh People: Inside Tatler – TV …
As a light snow fell, the troubled family gathered for an un-Christmassy Christmas in the spiky matriarch's vast but unhomely home. It didn't quite match the ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
8
Family Photography, Appropriation and Respect: Final Week
When I walked into Roman Susan Gallery to see Unhomely, I initially thought I was simply looking at old photographs that were grouped, mounted and framed ... «Gapers Block, May 14»
9
Fiction prepares us for a world changed by global warming
“If we do not take care of our environment, of or our home, it will change, and it will feel and seem very different – “unhomely” if you will. This is exactly the feeling ... «University of Copenhagen News Site, Apr 14»
10
UC Men's Octet members' voices ring with tradition, spirit
Despite the seemingly hostile and unhomely nature of this closet-sized rehearsal room, it is home to one of the UC Berkeley campus's most cherished traditions ... «Daily Californian, Feb 14»

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