Antonyms for pretty
ˈprɪt ipret·ty

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. prettynoun

   Antonyms:
   ugly

2. prettyadjective

   Cunning; clever, skilful.

   We'll stop at the knife store a look at the sharp pretties.

   Antonyms:
   ugly

3. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

4. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

5. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

6. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

7. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

8. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   ugly

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

   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, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, graceful, handsome, lovely, picturesque

   Preposition:
   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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. prettyadjective

   Synonyms:
   handsome, attractive, neat, trim, tasteful, pleasing, beautiful, fine, comely

2. pretty

   Synonyms:
   moderately, tolerably

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.1 / 9 votes

1. prettyadjective

   pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

   "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"

   Antonyms:
   good, ugly

2. prettyadverb

   (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

   "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"

   Antonyms:
   good, ugly

3. 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"

   Antonyms:
   ugly, good

   Synonyms:
   jolly, fair, middling, passably, evenhandedly, fairly, clean, more or less, slightly, moderately, reasonably, sanely, somewhat, sensibly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prettyadjective

   Antonyms:
   plain, homely, uncomely, ugly

   Synonyms:
   comely, fair, personable, considerable

How to use pretty in a sentence?

1. Oliver Contreras/Pool/Sipa:

   Liberal reporters frankly supported the mandate, so they never did much digging. But as of January, there were 31,000 fewer full-time airline workers than before COVID. And while we were told pretty much everyone was complying, it turns out a lot of people were also quitting or retiring early, it's gotten so bad that JetBlue is basically begging flight attendants to take on some open shifts. Alaska Airlines is paying double to take on extra work, but it was the number of retiring pilots that is the most alarming. Obviously, no pilots means no flights.

2. Tony Valente:

   I don't know. The money's, the economy's good. The money's flowing well. House prices coming up. People are pretty happy with that. I don't think a lot of people pay attention to that. They just say,' Oh, that's Donald Trump,'.

3. Christopher Sagers:

   It was embarrassing and probably really damaging on appeal that Koh carefully documented the Qualcomm executives pretty clear lies in testimony.

4. Nick Kyrgios:

   We got very lucky to get out of the first set, it was 5-2 and I got pretty lucky on some of those points. It could have easily him standing in this position.

5. Matt Pye:

   Thankfully, all of our production was pretty much done, already shipped and on its way to retailers even before the plant closed.

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