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It was very unusual to employ prettiness as part of a building.
Robert Venturi

Meaning of "prettiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRETTINESS

prettiness  [ˈprɪtɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRETTINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prettiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRETTINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prettiness in the English dictionary

The definition of prettiness in the dictionary is the fact or condition of being pretty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRETTINESS


craftiness
ˈkrɑːftɪnɪs
dirtiness
ˈdɜːtɪnɪs
haughtiness
ˈhɔːtɪnɪs
heartiness
ˈhɑːtɪnɪs
lustiness
ˈlʌstɪnɪs
mightiness
ˈmaɪtɪnɪs
mustiness
ˈmʌstɪnɪs
nastiness
ˈnɑːstɪnɪs
naughtiness
ˈnɔːtɪnɪs
pettiness
ˈpɛtɪnɪs
shittiness
ˈʃɪtɪnɪs
slatiness
ˈsleɪtɪnɪs
snippetiness
ˈsnɪpɪtɪnɪs
sportiness
ˈspɔːtɪnɪs
tastiness
ˈteɪstɪnɪs
thriftiness
ˈθrɪftɪnɪs
uppitiness
ˈʌpɪtɪnɪs
weightiness
ˈweɪtɪnɪs
wittiness
ˈwɪtɪnɪs
yeastiness
ˈjiːstɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRETTINESS

pretreat
pretreatment
pretrim
prettied
prettier
pretties
prettiest
prettification
prettified
prettifier
prettifies
prettify
prettily
pretty
pretty boy
pretty-pretty
prettyish
prettyism
pretype
pretzel

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRETTINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of prettiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prettiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRETTINESS

Find out the translation of prettiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prettiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prettiness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可爱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lindeza
570 millions of speakers

English

prettiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमनीयता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

красивости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lindeza
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সৌন্দর্য্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

beauté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecantikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Artigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

きれいさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

귀여움
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prettiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vẻ đẹp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुंदरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güzellik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leggiadria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prettiness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

красивості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drăgălășenie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ωραιότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prettiness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prettiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prettiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prettiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRETTINESS»

The term «prettiness» is regularly used and occupies the 98.457 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRETTINESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prettiness

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2 QUOTES WITH «PRETTINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prettiness.
1
Ann Powers
Women in music have always been associated with pop - with prettiness, theatricality, melodic hooks and dance beats.
2
Robert Venturi
It was very unusual to employ prettiness as part of a building.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRETTINESS»

Discover the use of prettiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prettiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture
A critical history of American burlesque traces its social, demographic, and cultural changes
Robert Clyde Allen, 1991
2
Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed ...
New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty's hilarious new novel will have you laughing, cringing, and cheering for Jessica Darling as she learns that being herself beats being popular, pretty & perfect any day.
Megan McCafferty, 2013
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The American Whig Review
Johannes. — Extremely pretty ? Bah ! If prettiness is a poet's chief characteristic, the writings of such are extremely useless. Prettiness in poetry is like prettiness in woman, for that it is generally unaccompanied by any thing more substantial.
‎1851
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American Whig Review
Johannes. — Extremely pretty! Bali! If prettiness is a poet's chief characteristic, the writings of such are extremely useless. Prettiness in poetry is like prettiness in woman, for that it is generally unaccompanied by any thing more substantial.
‎1851
5
Durkheim's Philosophy Lectures: Notes from the Lycée de Sens ...
In this lecture, we'll try to define two terms related to the idea of beauty - the sublime and prettiness. For Kant, the sublime was a quite specific notion, bearing no resemblance to beauty. As he saw it, beauty always shows itself in a concrete  ...
Emile Durkheim, 2004
6
Pretty: Film and the Decorative Image
Gender is a defining quality of prettiness, and making visible its political nature is a strategy that recurs throughout this book: from the feminizing rhetoric of color and cosmetics to the secondary nature of the decorative and, indeed, the dangers ...
Rosalind Galt, 2011
7
Beyond the Finite: The Sublime in Art and Science
In all cases, prettiness makes no claim of distinctiveness. Although above the ordinary, prettiness is common and conventional enough to approach the banal. We might notice a pretty scene in passing, but it does not absorb our interest.
Roald Hoffmann, Iain Boyd Whyte, 2011
8
Wonder Reborn: Creating Sermons on Hymns, Music, and Poetry
Beauty is not the same as “mere prettiness” because “to be beautiful as opposed to merely pretty, it needs to be associated with other values like truth or integrity.” 7 Since beauty is more than prettiness, there is an enduring quality to beauty ...
Thomas Troeger, 2010
9
Myths and Legends of Japan
We were delighted with the prettiness and quaintness of that country, and still more with the prettiness and quaintness of the Japanese people. We laughed at their topsyturvy ways, regarded the Japanese woman, in her rich-coloured kimono, ...
Frederick Hadland Davis, 2007
10
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IX: Early Art: ...
It is as though Mr. Rhys' imagination, which, like the imagination of a child, delights in a fanciful prettiness, needs the gravity of some old legend or old model before it can rise to a high argument. This fanciful prettiness, which, like all fanciful ...
William Butler Yeats, John P. Frayne, Madeleine Marchaterre, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRETTINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prettiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tame Impala
Perhaps he's sought to capture that same swirling, dense, emotive prettiness which became inseparable from its wondrous songs. Everything ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
2
Uproarious 'Gianni Schicchi' anchors Merola's double bill
But there's no escaping the conclusion that Menotti's music, for all its occasional bursts of sinuous prettiness, is shopworn stuff, and that his ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
3
Kuldīga: Latvia's Most Latvian Town
... Union secreted none of its grim, grey apartment blocks – so out of keeping with the Baltic obsession with tidiness and quiet prettiness – well, ... «UpNorth, Jul 15»
4
The Unquiet Sky
In this ideal aerial view, neither the pervasive violence nor the sometimes cloying prettiness would be visible. Conquest and sentimentality ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
Remembering The Best Album Of 2014 You Know Nothing About
Considering that the strength of their debut is in its softness and prettiness, this feels like it could be a less than rewarding move. That being ... «UPROXX, Jul 15»
6
Dead in the water
Dogs have very good hearing, and despite a considerable shortfall in the overall prettiness quotient Bella has a fine pair of ears… always ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Get The Look: Nikki Grahame's black lace dress (and buy her shoe!)
Nikki's Mini Lace Sheer Dress is £35 from JYY London, which is quite a bargain considering the detail and all round prettiness. To offset the ... «Reveal, Jul 15»
8
Five Impossible Wishes for the 2015-16 Figure Skating Season
If the dance judges stopped rewarding prettiness and safety over creativity and oddball risk-taking, it would be a better world for ice dance fans. «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
9
Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir has a PS2-original “Classic Mode”
Fixed slowdowns and inventory management plus vanillaware prettiness is all I need for this to be my first remake/remaster purchase. *crosses ... «Gematsu, Jul 15»
10
The Long Siege is a pretty-looking hybrid of match-3 and action …
Of course, the game's prettiness can only go so far, and so the puzzles will need something to keep us engaged. Hopefully that'll be the case. «Pocket Gamer, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Prettiness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prettiness>. Apr 2024 ».
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