What are some opposite words for pretty?
Antonyms for pretty
ˈprɪt ipret·ty
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term pretty.
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prettynoun
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uglyprettyadjective
Cunning; clever, skilful.
We'll stop at the knife store a look at the sharp pretties.
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uglyprettyadjective
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uglyprettyadjective
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uglyprettyadjective
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uglyprettyadjective
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uglyprettyadjective
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uglyprettyadjective
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ugly
English Synonyms and Antonyms
pretty
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.
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awkward, clumsy, deformed, disgusting, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, hideous, horrid, odious, repulsive, shocking, ugly, unattractive, uncouth, ungainly, unlovely, unpleasantSynonyms:
attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bewitching, bonny, charming, comely, delightful, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesquePreposition:
Beautiful to the eye; beautiful in appearance, in spirit; "beautiful for situation," Ps. xlviii, 2; beautiful of aspect, of its kind.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
prettyadjective
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
"pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
prettyadverb
(used ironically) unexpectedly bad
"a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
"pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
Synonyms:
jolly, fair, middling, passably, evenhandedly, fairly, clean, more or less, slightly, moderately, reasonably, sanely, somewhat, sensibly
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
prettyadjective
Antonyms:
plain, homely, uncomely, uglySynonyms:
comely, fair, personable, considerable
How to use pretty in a sentence?
Generally, the reality is that there are only a few big issues that are pretty much zero-sum games, whether it's prize money, whether it's changes to the calendar, whether it's reviewing formats or things like that. So in those situations where interests are intrinsically differing, they cause frustration and friction almost by definition.
I can't look them in the eye and tell them that I know anything about it, in terms of its risks and benefits. That's a pretty bad precedent.
Kimberly ONeill with baby London:
My wife saved every single needle that I injected, all capped and plastic seals around them and everything, we didn't know how many shots we were going to have at the end of it and we thought it was going to work pretty quick.
We had swirling winds and head winds, which really affect you in the pole vault because your pole is pretty much like a sail.
I thought I played pretty well. I thought we moved the ball really well, it's just the same story as last week. We get down the red zone area and for some reason we stall out.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#155 | good | |
#1597 | pretty | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#14856 | grim | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#18616 | unpleasant | |
#21931 | disgusting | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#30944 | deformed | |
#30977 | hideous | |
#36903 | grotesque | |
#37348 | horrid | |
#43152 | repulsive | |
#45066 | unattractive | |
#47042 | ghastly | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#57592 | odious | |
#58157 | grisly | |
#98549 | uncouth | |
#121797 | ungainly | |
#212513 | unlovely |
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