plain

adjective

  1. 1

    lacking embellishment or ornamentation

    a plain hair style

    unembellished white walls

  2. 2

    lacking in physical beauty or proportion

    a homely child

    several of the buildings were downright homely

  3. 3

    free from any effort to soften to disguise

    the plain and unvarnished truth

    the unvarnished candor of old people and children

  4. 4

    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

    the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields

    evident hostility

  5. 5

    lacking patterns especially in color

  6. 6

    not elaborate or elaborated; simple

    plain food

    stuck to the plain facts

  7. 7

    not mixed with extraneous elements

    plain water

    sheer wine

adverb

  1. 1

    unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

    the answer is obviously wrong

    she was in bed and evidently in great pain

noun

  1. 1

    a basic knitting stitch

  2. 2

    extensive tract of level open land

    they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain

    he longed for the fields of his youth

verb

  1. 1

    express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

    My mother complains all day

    She has a lot to kick about

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