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lovely [luhv-lee] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
lovely [luhv-lee]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beautiful, charming; agreeable
Synonyms: admirable, adorable, alluring, amiable, attractive, beauteous, bewitching, captivating, comely, dainty, delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, exquisite, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, gratifying, handsome, knockout, lovesome, nice, picture, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, rare, scrumptious, splendid, stunning, sweet, winning
Antonyms: awful, disagreeable, drab, homely, ugly, unlovely, unsightly
Main Entry: attractive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: appealing, drawing attention
Synonyms: adorable, agreeable, alluring, beautiful, beckoning, bewitching, captivating, charming, comely, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, interesting, inviting, looker, lovely, luring, magnetic, mesmeric, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, seductive, stunning, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, winning, winsome
Antonyms: repellent, repulsive, ugly, unappealing, unattractive
Main Entry: beautiful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: physically attractive
Synonyms: admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful
Antonyms: disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive
Example Sentences
  • It was lovely and graceful, tangy and deliciously fresh despite the years, and the flavors persisted in the mouth.
  • Reading one of these essays, and then reading the comments, has become a lovely new way of relaxing.
  • The city has beautiful parks, lovely museums and restaurants, and a thriving business and civic community.
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Main Entry: charming
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: captivating
Synonyms: absorbing, alluring, amiable, appealing, attractive, bewitching, charismatic, choice, cute, dainty, delectable, delicate, delightful, desirable, electrifying, elegant, enamoring, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, entrancing, eye-catching, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, graceful, infatuating, inviting, irresistible, likable, lovable, lovely, magnetizing, nice, pleasant, pleasing, provocative, rapturous, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sweet, tantalizing, tempting, titillating, winning, winsome
Antonyms: frightening, irritating, offensive, repellent, repulsing, repulsive, terrifying
Main Entry: dainty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: delicate, fragile, fine
Synonyms: airy, attractive, beautiful, bonny, charming, choice, comely, cute, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, diaphanous, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, fair, feeble, frail, graceful, lacy, light, lovely, neat, nice, palatable, petite, pleasing, precious, pretty, rare, recherché, refined, savory, select, soft, subtle, superior, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tender, thin, toothsome, trim, well-made
Antonyms: clumsy, coarse, harsh, heavy, rough
Main Entry: delightful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pleasant, charming
Synonyms: adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, attractive, beautiful, captivating, cheery, clever, congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fair, fascinating, gratifying, heavenly, ineffable, lovely, luscious, lush, pleasing, pleasurable, rapturous, ravishing, refreshing, satisfying, scrumptious, thrilling, yummy*
Notes: delightful is more general than delectable which describes a sensual experience
Antonyms: bad, disappointing, horrible, unamusing, unenjoyable, unhappy, unpleasant
Main Entry: enchanting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fascinating, delightful
Synonyms: alluring, appealing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, delectable, endearing, enthralling, entrancing, exciting, glamorous, intriguing, lovely, pleasant, pleasing, ravishing, seductive, siren, sirenic, winsome
Antonyms: bothering, disenchanting, disgust, repellent, repulsive
Main Entry: exquisite
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beautiful, excellent, finely detailed
Synonyms: admirable, attractive, charming, choice, comely, consummate, cultivated, dainty, delicate, delicious, discerning, discriminating, elegant, errorless, ethereal, fastidious, fine, flawless, impeccable, incomparable, irreproachable, lovely, matchless, meticulous, outstanding, peerless, perfect, pleasing, polished, precious, precise, rare, recherché, refined, select, selective, splendid, striking, subtle, superb, superior, superlative
Antonyms: crude, flawed, horrible, horrifying, imperfect, inferior, poor, ugly
Main Entry: eyeful
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: spectacular-looking person
Synonyms: beauty, dazzler, knockout, looker, lovely, show, spectacle, stunner, vision
Antonyms: eyesore
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