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Plain

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Definitions for Plain

noun
extensive tract of level open land
Synonyms
field champaign
Examples
  1. they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
  2. he longed for the fields of his youth
noun
a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side
Synonyms
knit knit stitch plain stitch
verb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Synonyms
complain kick sound off quetch kvetch
Examples
  1. My mother complains all day
  2. She has a lot to kick about
adjective
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Synonyms
apparent evident manifest palpable patent unmistakable
Examples
  1. the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
  2. evident hostility
  3. manifest disapproval
  4. patent advantages
  5. made his meaning plain
  6. it is plain that he is no reactionary
  7. in plain view
  8. a palpable lie
adjective
not elaborate or elaborated
Examples
  1. simple
  2. plain food
  3. stuck to the plain facts
  4. a plain blue suit
  5. a plain rectangular brick building
adjective
lacking patterns especially in color
Synonyms
unpatterned
adjective
not mixed with extraneous elements
Synonyms
sheer unmingled unmixed
Examples
  1. plain water
  2. sheer wine
  3. not an unmixed blessing
adjective
free from any effort to soften to disguise
Synonyms
unvarnished
Examples
  1. the plain and unvarnished truth
  2. the unvarnished candor of old people and children
adjective
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
Synonyms
bare spare unembellished unornamented
Examples
  1. a plain hair style
  2. unembellished white walls
  3. functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete
adjective
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
Synonyms
homely
Examples
  1. a homely child
  2. several of the buildings were downright homely
  3. a plain girl with a freckled face
adverb
unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
Synonyms
obviously evidently manifestly patently apparently plainly
Examples
  1. the answer is obviously wrong
  2. she was in bed and evidently in great pain
  3. he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list
  4. it is all patently nonsense
  5. she has apparently been living here for some time
  6. I thought he owned the property, but apparently not
  7. You are plainly wrong
  8. he is plain stubborn

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