unhomely
Lacking warm comfort
Unhomely describes something that lacks the warmth, comfort, or welcoming quality of a home.
An unhomely room feels cold or uninviting: The bare walls and fluorescent lighting made the apartment feel unhomely.
The word can also describe a person's appearance as plain or unattractive, though this sense is old-fashioned and more common in British English.
Hostile to guests
- uninvitingLacking warmth or appeal
- cheerlessDevoid of mirth
- coldLow temperature state
- starkSevere and unadorned
sterile · austere · bleak · bare · impersonal · institutional · alienating · hostile
Disturbingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
- creepyDisturbingly strange
strange · weird · Freudian · repressed · doppelgänger · sinister · ominous · haunting
Unusual or unfamiliar
- alienNon-native being
- otherDistinct from those mentioned
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
outsider · stranger · interloper · visitor · nonnative · unassimilated · unaccustomed · out-of-place
Removed from foundation
- exiledForced from one's country
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- dislocatedShifted from normal position
rootless · adrift · dispossessed · displaced · refugee · migrant · expatriate · diaspora
unwelcoming
Hostile to guests
- uninvitingLacking warmth or appeal
- cheerlessDevoid of mirth
- coldLow temperature state
stark · sterile · austere · bleak · bare · impersonal · institutional · alienating · hostile · forbidding
eerie
Disturbingly strange
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
creepy · strange · weird · Freudian · repressed · doppelgänger · sinister · ominous · haunting · phantasmal
strange
Unusual or unfamiliar
- alienNon-native being
- otherDistinct from those mentioned
- unfamiliarNot previously known
exotic · outsider · stranger · interloper · visitor · nonnative · unassimilated · unaccustomed · out-of-place · ill-at-ease
uprooted
Removed from foundation
- exiledForced from one's country
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
dislocated · rootless · adrift · dispossessed · displaced · refugee · migrant · expatriate · diaspora · émigré