Definition of fetching
:attractive, pleasing
- a fetching smile
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You look very fetching in that outfit.
the woman's fetching smile has long made the painting a favorite with visitors to the museum
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Which is equally true of the fetching footwork Appelhans and Jenkins have cobbled together . .
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Artistic director Clay David provides the simple set (bandstand, desk and seats) and the fetching period fashions.
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First Known Use of fetching
1880
fetching Synonyms
Synonyms
alluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charismatic, charming, elfin, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, fascinating, glamorous (also glamourous), luring, magnetic, seductiveAntonyms
repellent (also repellant), repelling, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, unalluringRelated Words
absorbing, arresting, engrossing, enthralling, galvanic, gripping, hypnotic, hypnotizing, mesmerizing, riveting, spellbinding; enticing, tantalizing, tempting; exciting, haunting, interesting, intriguing, titillating; beckoning, inviting, winning; darling, delightful, pleasant, pleasingNear Antonyms
boring, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome; abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, distasteful, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, invidious, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, shocking, sickening; drab, dreary, dull, flat, humdrum, jading, leaden, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderousFETCHING Defined for English Language Learners
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