Antonyms for elegant
ˈɛl ɪ gəntel·e·gant

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1. elegantadjective

   Synonyms:
   graceful, classy

2. elegantadjective

   Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.

   Synonyms:
   classy, graceful

3. elegantadjective

   Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

   an elegant solution

   Synonyms:
   classy, graceful

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1. elegant

   The definition of beauty, "perfection of form," is a good key to the meaning of beautiful, if we understand "form" in its widest sense. There must also be harmony and unity, and in human beings spiritual loveliness, to constitute an object or a person really beautiful. Thus, we speak of a beautiful landscape, a beautiful poem. But beautiful implies also, in concrete objects, softness of outline and delicacy of mold; it is opposed to all that is hard and rugged, hence we say a beautiful woman, but not a beautiful man. Beautiful has the further limit of not transcending our powers of appreciation. Pretty expresses in a far less degree that which is pleasing to a refined taste in objects comparatively small, slight, and dainty; as, a pretty bonnet; a pretty girl. That is handsome which is not only superficially pleasing, but well and harmoniously proportioned, with usually the added idea that it is made so by art, breeding, or training; as, a handsome horse; a handsome house. Handsome is a term far inferior to beautiful; we may even say a handsome villain. Fair denotes what is bright, smooth, clear, and without blemish; as, a fair face. The word applies wholly to what is superficial; we can say "fair, yet false." In a specific sense, fair has the sense of blond, as opposed to dark or brunette. One who possesses vivacity, wit, good nature, or other pleasing qualities may be attractive without beauty. Comely denotes an aspect that is smooth, genial, and wholesome, with a certain fulness of contour and pleasing symmetry, tho falling short of the beautiful; as, a comely matron. That is picturesque which would make a striking picture.

   Antonyms:
   awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque, pretty

   Preposition:
   Beautiful to the eye; beautiful in appearance, in spirit; "beautiful for situation," Ps. xlviii, 2; beautiful of aspect, of its kind.

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1. elegant

   Antonyms:
   inelegant, deformed, unsymmetrical, ill-proportioned, ungraceful, coarse, rude

   Synonyms:
   graceful, lovely, well formed, well made, symmetrical, accomplished, polished, refined, handsome

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1. elegantadjective

   refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style

   "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

   Antonyms:
   graceless, ungracious, unpolished, inelegant, homely, awkward, gauche

   Synonyms:
   graceful, refined

2. elegant, graceful, refinedadjective

   suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

   Antonyms:
   homely, gauche, unpolished, ungracious, awkward, inelegant, graceless

   Synonyms:
   graceful, processed, polished, refined, tasteful, neat, svelte, urbane

3. elegantadjective

   displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution

   "an elegant dancer"; "an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise"

   Antonyms:
   awkward, ungracious, graceless, inelegant, gauche, unpolished, homely

   Synonyms:
   graceful, refined

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1. elegantadjective

   Synonyms:
   courtly, sumptuous, luxurious, rich

How to use elegant in a sentence?

1. Charles Krauthammer:

   Take all your dukes and marquesses and earls and viscounts, pack them into one chamber, call it the House of Lords to satisfy their pride and then strip it of all political power. It's a solution so perfectly elegant and preposterous that only the British could have managed it.

2. Delta CEO Ed Bastian:

   The new Delta uniform collection offers unity between all workgroups like never before. We are one proud Delta team and it really shows, zac is bringing fashion and glamour back to the airlines. It’s a sophisticated look, it’s elegant, it’s much more international in orientation. Our aspirations are to be a top global carrier, not just a top U.S. carrier.

3. Amy Adams:

   She's as elegant as a supermodel and she kicks it with the boys.

4. Aurora Berill:

   You can’t go wrong with an elegant, sophisticated and timeless designer bag.

5. Tobey Maguire:

   He's very particular and he wants to control the circumstances, i think by and large, there's fear wrapped up in that, but he understood his worth and he was leveraging it. He just wasn't that elegant about it.

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