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pretty

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of pretty

1 giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses

she was not a pretty sight after she fell off her horse and into the mud

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, gemütlich, genial, goodly, good-natured, gracious, hospitable, kindly, personable

blissful, felicific, glad, happy, joyous

elating, exhilarating, intoxicating

ecstatic, euphoric, nirvanic, rapturous

Near Antonyms of pretty

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

displeasing, dissatisfying

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

hostile, intimidating

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

distressing, disturbing, upsetting

Antonyms of pretty

disagreeable, pleasureless, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome

2 meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

their misalliance is as pretty an example of an ill-conceived marriage 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

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

correct, decorous, respectable, seemly

balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious

Phrases Synonymous with pretty

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, unbeseeming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong

3 very pleasing to look at

a pretty young girl

Synonyms of pretty

aesthetic (also esthetic), attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, likely, 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, Junoesque, magnificent, resplendent, splendid, statuesque, sublime, superb

flawless, perfect, radiant

dainty, delicate

personable, pleasant, presentable

chocolate-box, prettyish

desirable, dishy, dollish, foxy, hot, luscious, nubile, pulchritudinous, seductive, sexy, toothsome

hunky, studly [slang]

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, kindly [chiefly Southern], 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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