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pretty

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of pretty

1 giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses
  • The kitchen wasn't a pretty sight after we made all the food for the party.
Synonyms of pretty

agreeable, blessed (also blest), congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, delightsome, dreamy, dulcet, enjoyable, felicitous, good, grateful, gratifying, heavenly, jolly, luscious, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, savory (also savoury), sweet, tasty, welcome
Words Related to pretty

alluring, attractive, desirable, enviable, inviting, relishable, tempting

charming, enchanting, fascinating

calming, comforting, soothing

amusing, diverting, entertaining, recreative

affable, amiable, cheerful, cheery, comfortable, genial, goodly, good-natured, gracious, hospitable, kindly, personable

glad, happy, joyous

elating, exhilarating, intoxicating

ecstatic, euphoric, rapturous
Near Antonyms of pretty

abominable, ghastly, god-awful, hellish, horrid, miserable, wretched

disgusting, distasteful, obnoxious, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, unsavory, vile, yucky (also yukky)

abhorrent, detestable, hateful, odious

displeasing, dissatisfying

depressing, disheartening, dismal, dreary, gloomy, heartbreaking, heartrending, joyless, sad, unhappy

deplorable, doleful, dolorous, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, regrettable, sorrowful, tragic (also tragical)

aggravating, annoying, exasperating, irritating, peeving, perturbing, vexing

forbidding

hostile, intimidating

angering, enraging, incensing, inflaming (also enflaming), infuriating, maddening, outraging, rankling, riling

distressing, disturbing, upsetting
Antonyms of pretty

disagreeable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome
2 meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation
  • as pretty an example of a creative solution as you're likely to find
Synonyms of pretty

applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, good, happy, meet, proper, right, suitable
Words Related to pretty

condign, deserved, just, justified

needed, required, requisite

able, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trained

pitch-perfect

acceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable

correct, decorous, respectable, seemly

balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious

rightful
Phrases Synonymous with pretty

in order
Near Antonyms of pretty

incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained

inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory

graceless, incorrect, indecorous

incompatible, uncongenial
Antonyms of pretty

improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, infelicitous, malapropos, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong
3 very pleasing to look at
  • a pretty young girl
Synonyms of pretty

aesthetic (also esthetic), attractive, beauteous, beautiful, comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, lovely, lovesome, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored
Words Related to pretty

alluring, appealing, charming, cunning, delightful, engaging, fascinating, glamorous (also glamourous), prepossessing

elegant, exquisite, glorious, magnificent, resplendent, splendid, statuesque, sublime, superb

flawless, perfect, radiant

dainty, delicate

personable, pleasant, presentable

prettyish

desirable, dishy, dollish, foxy, pulchritudinous, seductive

hunky

arresting, eye-catching, flamboyant, flashy, glossy, showstopping, showy, slick, snazzy, splashy, striking, zingy

photogenic, telegenic
Near Antonyms of pretty

abhorrent, abominable, bad, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, foul, frightful, ghastly, horrible, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, objectionable, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, sickening, terrible, vile

unappealing, unappetizing, unimposing, unpleasant, unprepossessing

frumpish, frumpy, unbecoming, unshapely
Antonyms of pretty

grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, plain, ugly, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, uncute, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly

Synonym Discussion of pretty

beautiful, lovely, handsome, pretty, comely, fair mean exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure. beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses.
    • beautiful mountain scenery
lovely is close to beautiful but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite.
    • a lovely melody
handsome suggests aesthetic pleasure due to proportion, symmetry, or elegance.
    • a handsome Georgian mansion
pretty often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness.
    • a painter of conventionally pretty scenes
comely is like handsome in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to.
    • the comely grace of a dancer
fair suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness.
    • fair of face

pretty

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pretty

to some degree or extent
  • We've had some pretty cold weather lately.
Synonyms of pretty

enough, fairly, kind of, like, moderately, more or less, quite, rather, relatively, something, somewhat, sort of
Words Related to pretty

acceptably, decently, passably, tolerably

little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, vaguely

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly, partway
Phrases Synonymous with pretty

a bit, after a sort, a little, a mite, a tad, a touch, of sorts (or of a sort), to a degree
Near Antonyms of pretty

awfully, beastly, deadly, especially, exceedingly (also exceeding), exceptionally, extremely, frightfully, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, mightily, mortally, particularly, surpassingly, terribly, very

considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially

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