Prettiness
noun
The quality of being pleasant to look at.
Her prettiness captured everyone's attention in the room.
Often appears as...
- sheer prettiness
- simple prettiness
noun
The quality of being appealing or charming.
The prettiness of the garden drew them back year after year.
Often appears as...
- aesthetic prettiness
- radiant prettiness
noun
The quality of being pleasant to look at.
Her prettiness captured everyone's attention in the room.
Often appears as...
- sheer prettiness
- simple prettiness
noun
The quality of being appealing or charming.
The prettiness of the garden drew them back year after year.
Often appears as...
- aesthetic prettiness
- radiant prettiness
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Attraction
Focus on looks. 'Prettiness' often refers to visual qualities that are pleasing to the eye.
The prettiness of the vase made it stand out.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Beauty
'Prettiness' suggests a delicate or subtle beauty, not overwhelming or grandiose.
The prettiness of her features was understated.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Gendered
While often used for women and girls, 'prettiness' can describe anything pleasant-looking.
The room's prettiness was welcoming.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Attraction
Focus on looks. 'Prettiness' often refers to visual qualities that are pleasing to the eye.
The prettiness of the vase made it stand out.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Beauty
'Prettiness' suggests a delicate or subtle beauty, not overwhelming or grandiose.
The prettiness of her features was understated.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Gendered
While often used for women and girls, 'prettiness' can describe anything pleasant-looking.
The room's prettiness was welcoming.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Attraction
Focus on looks. 'Prettiness' often refers to visual qualities that are pleasing to the eye.
The prettiness of the vase made it stand out.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Beauty
'Prettiness' suggests a delicate or subtle beauty, not overwhelming or grandiose.
The prettiness of her features was understated.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Gendered
While often used for women and girls, 'prettiness' can describe anything pleasant-looking.
The room's prettiness was welcoming.
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See Elephants at Their...
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Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Nothing, indeed, is more dangerous to the young artist than any conception of ideal beauty: he is constantly led by it either into weak prettiness or lifeless abstraction: whereas to touch the ideal at all, you must not strip it of vitality.
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Janet Mock
American Writer
Pretty' is most often synonymous with being thin, white, able-bodied, and cis, and the closer you are to those ideals, the more often you will be labeled pretty - and benefit from that prettiness.
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Ben Harney
American Actor
When you think of the people who were important in your life, prettiness was not a factor. They might have been old, fat and toothless - but they were there.
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Sahara Davenport
What has helped me: There aren't a lot of girls who dance, who are as refined in dancing. That is what draws people to see me. The dance, and the prettiness.
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Paul Horn
American Musician
I'm a romantic. The impressionists have always been my favorites. I like prettiness - beauty, or what I perceive as beauty.
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Ann Powers
American Writer
Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.
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Robert Venturi
American Architect
It was very unusual to employ prettiness as part of a building.
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Marco Zanini
Italian Designer
When I think resort, I think prettiness.
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Richard Burton
Welsh Actor
I abhor mere prettiness.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Nothing, indeed, is more dangerous to the young artist than any conception of ideal beauty: he is constantly led by it either into weak prettiness or lifeless abstraction: whereas to touch the ideal at all, you must not strip it of vitality.
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Janet Mock
American Writer
Pretty' is most often synonymous with being thin, white, able-bodied, and cis, and the closer you are to those ideals, the more often you will be labeled pretty - and benefit from that prettiness.
Quote examples
Ben Harney
American Actor
When you think of the people who were important in your life, prettiness was not a factor. They might have been old, fat and toothless - but they were there.
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Sahara Davenport
What has helped me: There aren't a lot of girls who dance, who are as refined in dancing. That is what draws people to see me. The dance, and the prettiness.
Quote examples
Paul Horn
American Musician
I'm a romantic. The impressionists have always been my favorites. I like prettiness - beauty, or what I perceive as beauty.
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Ann Powers
American Writer
Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.
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Robert Venturi
American Architect
It was very unusual to employ prettiness as part of a building.
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Marco Zanini
Italian Designer
When I think resort, I think prettiness.
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Richard Burton
Welsh Actor
I abhor mere prettiness.
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