On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 06:33:09 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:


Homely is used in N. America as a uphamism for ugly. Usually applied
to young girls. In English English it just means cozy and comfortable
and is only applied to residential dwellings.

That would be euphemism.

That's what I typed in! The spell-checker in my Agent newsreader
(created by the American corp, Forte) changed it to 'uphamism' for
reasons only know to itself.