Lesson 16

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  1. chic
    elegant and stylish
    My new shirt is very chic.
    Synonyms: chichi*, clean*, current, dap, dapper, dashing, elegant, exclusive, faddish, last word, latest thing, mod, modern, modish, natty, sharp, smart, stylish, swank, trendy, voguish, with-it
    Antonyms: dull, old-fashioned, out-moded, unfashionable
  2. debonair
    having a sophisticated charm
    His manners and charm made him quite debonair.
    Synonyms: affable, buoyant, casual, cheerful, courteous, dashing, detached, happy, jaunty, lighthearted, nonchalant, pleasant, refined, smooth, sprightly, suave, urbane, well-bred
    Antonyms: awkward, clumsy, inelegant, uncharming, undebonair
  3. disheveled
    in disarray; extremely disorderly
    Having not done his laundry in more than a week, the boy's clothes were disheveled.
    Synonyms: bagged out, beat up, bedraggled, blowzy, dirty, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, frowzy, grubby, messed up, messy, mussed up, mussy, ruffled, rumpled, scuzzy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, unbuttoned, uncombed, unfastidious, untidy, unzipped
    Antonyms: neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled
  4. dowdy
    lacking in stylishness or taste
    Her dowdy outfit was inappropriate for the dinner and dance event.
    Synonyms: antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy, frumpy, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, plain, run-down, scrubby, shabby, slatternly, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt
    Antonyms: chic, classy, fashionable, modern
  5. drab
    a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
    The decorations in the room seem drab compared to the hallway which had been repainted.
    Synonyms: arid, blah*, bleak, boring, brown, characterless, cheerless, desolate, dingy, dismal, dreary, dry, dull as dishwater, faded, flat, gloomy, gray, grungy, lackluster, lusterless, muddy, murky, run-down, same, shabby, somber, subfuse, unchanging, uninspired, vapid, zero*
    Antonyms: bright, colorful, inspired
  6. garb
    clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
    It is important to have the correct grab when you go to work.
    Synonyms: apparel, appearance, array, attire, clothes, costume, dress, duds, feathers, form, garment, gear, guise, habiliment, habit, outfit, rags, raiment, robes, semblance, things*, threads, uniform, vestments, wear
  7. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
    The coach came to the game very ostentatious suit.
    Synonyms: boastful, chichi*, classy, conspicuous, crass*, dashing, egotistic, exhibitionistic, extravagant, flamboyant, flatulent, flaunted, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, glittery, grandiose, highfaluting, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, splurgy, sporty
    Antonyms: modest, plain, quiet, reserved
  8. rumple
    disturb the smoothness of
    His suit were rumpled because it has not been ironed.
    Synonyms: bedraggle, cockle, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, derange, dishevel, disorder, fold, mess up, muss up, pucker, ruck up, ruffle, screw up, scrunch, seam, tousle, wreathe
    Antonyms: flatten, iron, smooth
  9. unsightly
    unpleasant to look at
    The combination of colors and its strange shape made the building unsightly.
    Synonyms: deformed, disagreeable, drab, dull, hideous, homely, horrid, lackluster, repulsive, revolting, ugly, unattractive, unpleasant, unprepossessing, unshapely
    Antonyms: beautiful, nice, pleasing, pretty, sightly
  10. veneer
    coating consisting of a thin layer of wood
    The synthetic veneer helped help's the car paint job.
    Synonyms: appearance, coating, cover, covering, disguise, exterior, facade, face, finish, gloss, guise, layer, leaf, mask, overlay, semblance, show, surface, window dressing
    Antonyms: reality
Created on 二月 26, 2013

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