comeliness

Pleasing to behold

Comeliness is pleasing appearance, especially of a wholesome or modest kind.

The word is old-fashioned and literary, suggesting beauty that is fresh and natural rather than glamorous or seductive: Her comeliness caught his eye across the churchyard.

Someone comely has an attractiveness that doesn't call excessive attention to itself.

physical

attractiveness

Pleasing quality that draws

beauty · pulchritude · fairness · good looks · pleasantness · winsomeness · bloom · freshness · youthfulness · radiance

aesthetic

gracefulness

Smoothness of movement

exquisiteness · tastefulness · proportion · harmony · balance · polish · finesse · artistry · cultivation · seemliness

allure

appeal

Formal review request

captivation · winsome · fetching · engaging · pleasing · inviting · agreeable · desirability · enticement · magnetism

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Opposites
physical attractiveness

comelinessugliness

Displeasing appearance quality

unattractiveness · homeliness · unsightliness · hideousness · plainness

propriety and gracefulness

comelinessunbecomingness

Inappropriateness of conduct

ungainliness · awkwardness · gracelessness · unseemliness · inelegance

Family

become, became, becomes, unbecoming, comely, becomingly, uncomely, unbecomingly

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G