Synonyms of fetching

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adjective

ˈfe-chiŋ 

1

as in appealing

having an often mysterious or magical power to attract

the woman's fetching smile has long made the painting a favorite with visitors to the museum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appealing
• attractive
• charming
• charismatic
• enchanting
• seductive
• fascinating
• alluring
• interesting
• entrancing
• magnetic
• tempting
• engaging
• elfin
• glamourous
• bewitching
• glamorous
• captivating
• luring
• exciting
• absorbing
• intriguing
• enticing
• gripping
• enthralling
• hypnotic
• haunting
• riveting
• engrossing
• tantalizing
• arresting
• hypnotizing
• pleasing
• galvanic
• delightful
• pleasant
• spellbinding
• mesmerizing
• winning
• inviting
• titillating
• beckoning
• darling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revolting
• repulsive
• repugnant
• repellent
• tedious
• tiresome
• wearisome
• boring
• irksome
• repelling
• repellant
• unalluring
• shocking
• hideous
• appalling
• awful
• horrid
• offensive
• obnoxious
• sickening
• nauseating
• loathsome
• odious
• abominable
• distasteful
• invidious
• horrible
• flat
• abhorrent
• horrendous
• noisome
• drab
• dull
• monotonous
• leaden
• pedestrian
• dreary
• humdrum
• ponderous
• jading

2

as in attractive

very pleasing to look at

a most fetching outfit in which to go skiing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attractive
• beautiful
• handsome
• lovely
• cute
• pretty
• gorgeous
• charming
• stunning
• good
• taking
• ravishing
• comely
• likely
• elegant
• delightful
• good-looking
• beauteous
• sexy
• seemly
• knockout
• drop-dead
• aesthetic
• goodly
• glorious
• hot
• perfect
• magnificent
• appealing
• flawless
• fascinating
• fair
• esthetic
• sightly
• desirable
• superb
• engaging
• aesthetical
• well-favored
• bonny
• exquisite
• alluring
• pleasant
• lovesome
• prepossessing
• bonnie
• delicate
• sublime
• glamorous
• splendid
• esthetical
• resplendent
• cunning
• glamourous
• dainty
• seductive
• radiant
• statuesque
• presentable
• striking
• arresting
• slick
• luscious
• foxy
• glossy
• personable
• showy
• snazzy
• toothsome
• flashy
• nubile
• flamboyant
• splashy
• hunky
• pulchritudinous
• Junoesque
• dishy
• photogenic
• prettyish
• dollish
• studly
• eye-catching
• chocolate-box
• showstopping
• zingy
• telegenic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plain
• ugly
• unattractive
• hideous
• grotesque
• homely
• unsightly
• revolting
• unlovely
• disagreeable
• shocking
• unpleasing
• bad
• terrible
• objectionable
• repulsive
• ghastly
• dreadful
• offensive
• disgusting
• sickening
• nauseating
• loathsome
• repugnant
• repellent
• abominable
• vile
• horrible
• abhorrent
• nasty
• unpleasant
• foul
• frightful
• uncomely
• unappealing
• unhandsome
• unaesthetic
• unprepossessing
• ill-favored
• unpretty
• unappetizing
• unbeautiful
• repellant
• uncute
• unbecoming
• unimposing
• frumpy
• frumpish
• unshapely

fetching

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verb

present participle of fetch

as in costing

to have a price of

those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques

Synonyms & Similar Words

• costing
• bringing
• going (for)
• running
• selling (for)
• coming (to)
• demanding
• asking
• totaling
• commanding
• amounting (to)
• totalling
• listing (for)
• exacting

Examples of fetching in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

This fetching flask would please any whiskey drinker with a sense of style. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2022

Running the length of the dining room is a long blond banquette; walls are alternately painted in fetching blue waves and elegant graffiti. —Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022

Moxi is essentially a helper for staff nurses, performing logistical tasks such as fetching drugs and delivering lab samples. —David Meyer, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022

Here's a fetching label on a bottle that could double as a prop in the show. —Mark Stock, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022