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  1. chic
    elegant and stylish
    My new shirt is very chic. Maria's skirt 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. The debonair man bowed as he offered the woman his seat.
    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. After an afternoon at the playground, the child was totally 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. Every day Jane wear dowdy clothes to work.
    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archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy, frumpy, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, plain, run-down, scrubby, shabby, slatternly, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, unstylish, untidy, vintage, wrinkled
    Antonyms: chic, classy, fashionable, modern
  5. drab
    lacking brightness or color; dull
    The decorations in the room seemed drab compared to the hallway which had been repainted. The beggar's drab clothes have many holes.
    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 garb when you go to work. White clothing and a tall hat are a chef's usual garb.
    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 with a very ostentatious suit. This woman wear ostentatious dress to attract boys at the dance party.
    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, swank, swanky*, theatrical, tinsel, tony, uptown, vain, vulgar
    Antonyms: modest, plain, quiet, reserved
  8. rumpled
    in disarray; extremely disorderly
    His suit was rumpled because it had not been ironed. Jack's school uniform was rumpled because he slept in the van.
    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. His shirt was 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 protect the car's paint job. He hid his sadness beneath a cheerful veneer.
    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 Wed Feb 27 08:40:14 EST 2013 (updated Thu Feb 28 08:17:57 EST 2013)

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