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pretty-pretty

/ˈprɪt.i ˈprɪt.i/

Traduction: Adjectif désuet ou enfantin, parfois sentimental, qualifiant quelque chose de joli de manière excessive, affectée ou mièvre.

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adjective

/ˈprɪt.i ˈprɪt.i/formalbritishobsolète
  • frAdjectif désuet ou enfantin, parfois sentimental, qualifiant quelque chose de joli de manière excessive, affectée ou mièvre.

An old-fashioned, childish, or overly sentimental adjective used to describe something excessively or daintily pretty.

  1. Ostentatiously or inappropriately prettyC1informalbritish

    Excessively or showily decorated in a way that is considered too delicate, frilly, or lacking in taste.

    frjoli à l'excès, mièvre

    • The room was decorated in a pretty-pretty style with too many lace doilies and pink ribbons.
    • She dismissed the design as too pretty-pretty for a modern office.
    • His taste in art tends toward the pretty-pretty, favoring sentimental landscapes over bold abstracts.

    Synonymesfrillyfussygarishostentatiousshowytawdrytwee

    Antonymesaustereplainsevereuglyunadorned