fetch·ing

(fĕch′ĭng)

adj.

Very attractive; charming: a fetching new hairstyle.

fetch′ing·ly adv.

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fetching

(ˈfɛtʃɪŋ)

adj

1. attractively befitting: a fetching hat.

2. charming: a fetching personality.

ˈfetchingly adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fetch•ing

(ˈfɛtʃ ɪŋ)

adj.

charming; captivating.

[1875–80]

fetch′ing•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

fetching - very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"

taking, winning

attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"

fetching

adjective attractive, sweet, charming, enchanting, fascinating, intriguing, cute, enticing, captivating, alluring, winsome She wore a fetching outfit in purple and green.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

fetching

adjective

Pleasing to the eye or mind:

attractive, bewitching, enchanting, engaging, enticing, fascinating, glamorous, lovely, prepossessing, pretty, sweet, taking, tempting, winning, winsome.

Translations

attraente

fetching

[ˈfetʃɪŋ] ADJ (= attractive) → atractivo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fetching

[ˈfɛtʃɪŋ] adj → charmant(e)
to look fetching → être ravissant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fetching

adj → attraktiv, reizend; smile → gewinnend, einnehmend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fetching

[ˈfɛtʃɪŋ] adj → attraente

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Lina saw this and said, 'Listen, old Sanna, why are you fetching so much water?' 'If you will never repeat it to anyone, I will tell you why.' So Lina said, no, she would never repeat it to anyone, and then the cook said: 'Early tomorrow morning, when the forester is out hunting, I will heat the water, and when it is boiling in the kettle, I will throw in Fundevogel, and will boil him in it.'

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Her mother's fetching simply meant one more to fetch.

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But, as before hinted, for some time there was a continual fetching and carrying on board of divers odds and ends of things, both large and small.

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A 25-year-old barber, Emmanuel Aguzie, who allegedly cut her aunt's hand with a knife and beat her up during a disagreement over fetching of water, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court.

Barber Allegedly Beats Up Aunt Over Fetching Of Water

This takes a toll on the health and education of young children and women who bear the burden of fetching water for the home.

Editorial / Access to potable water

KHAR -- Three girls drowned while fetching water from a pond here on Monday, officials and locals said.

Three minor girls drown in Bajaur

A LUXURY property in one of Merseyside's most exclusive postcodes is the most expensive house sold on Merseyside in one month - fetching an eye-watering PS1.3m.

Luxury home sells for PS1.3m

Country's export earnings in the first eleven months (July-May) of the current fiscal year (FY2018-19) witnessed a 6.66 percent growth fetching $3372.88 crore buoyed by the good performance of garment, jute and jute-made goods and agricultural products, reports BSS.

July-May export earnings witness 6.66pc growth

of the beans, especially from the Mt Kenya region, which have been fetching high prices since the beginning of the current coffee year,' he said.

Coffee prices fall in first half of year as volumes drop, says NCE

LAST ISSUE I broke down the importance of natural hold and carry, the foundation for force fetching, or the trained retrieve.

Put the gloves on: "force fetching" doesn't have to be so draconian