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pretty
Synonyms and Antonyms of pretty
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giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses
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
alluring, attractive, desirable, enviable, inviting, relishable, tempting
charming, enchanting, fascinating
amusing, diverting, entertaining, recreative
affable, amiable, cheerful, cheery, comfortable, gemütlich, genial, goodly, good-natured, gracious, hospitable, kindly, personable
blissful, felicific, glad, happy, joyous
abominable, ghastly, god-awful, hellish, horrid, miserable, wretched
bilious, disgusting, distasteful, obnoxious, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revulsive, unsavory, vile, yucky (also yukky)
abhorrent, detestable, hateful, odious
boring, commonplace, dull, flat, insipid, irksome, stale, tedious
depressing, disheartening, dismal, dreary, gloomy, heartbreaking, heartrending, joyless, lachrymose, sad, unhappy
deplorable, doleful, dolorous, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, regrettable, sorrowful, tragic (also tragical)
aggravating, annoying, exasperating, irritating, peeving, perturbing, vexing
angering, enraging, incensing, inflaming (also enflaming), infuriating, maddening, outraging, rankling, riling
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meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation
applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, good, happy, meet, proper, right, suitable
in order
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very pleasing to look at
alluring, appealing, charming, cunning, delightful, engaging, fascinating, glamorous (also glamourous), prepossessing
elegant, exquisite, glorious, Junoesque, magnificent, resplendent, splendid, statuesque, sublime, superb
personable, pleasant, presentable
desirable, dishy, dollish, foxy, hot, luscious, nubile, pulchritudinous, seductive, sexy, toothsome
arresting, eye-catching, flamboyant, flashy, glossy, showstopping, showy, slick, snazzy, splashy, striking, zingy
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
Synonym Discussion of pretty
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- beautiful mountain scenery
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- a lovely melody
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- a handsome Georgian mansion
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- a painter of conventionally pretty scenes
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- the comely grace of a dancer
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- fair of face
pretty
Synonyms and Antonyms of pretty
to some degree or extent
enough, fairly, kind of, kindly [chiefly Southern], like, moderately, more or less, quite, rather, relatively, something, somewhat, sort of
a bit, after a sort, a little, a mite, a tad, a touch, of sorts (or of a sort), to a degree
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