See Also: CLOTHING
Pace made this comparison about actor Cary Grant at the time of his death.
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| Noun | 1. | style - how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" drape - the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" fit - the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat" form - a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" life style, lifestyle, life-style, modus vivendi - a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes setup - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" wise - a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise" response - the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals |
| 2. | style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" allegory - an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner analysis - the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' bathos - triteness or triviality of style black humor, black humour - the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect device - something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect eloquence, fluency, smoothness - powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" euphuism - any artificially elegant style of language flatness - a want of animation or brilliance; "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style" formulation, expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" headlinese - using the abbreviated style of headline writers jargon - specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject journalese - the style in which newspapers are written legalese - a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" officialese - the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure pathos - a style that has the power to evoke feelings prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression rhetoric - using language effectively to please or persuade coarseness, saltiness - language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre" self-expression - the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) sesquipedality - using long words terseness - a neatly short and concise expressive style turn of expression, turn of phrase - a distinctive spoken or written expression; "John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea" vein - a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes" verboseness, verbosity - an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words poetry - any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling | |
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| 4. | style - the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" New Look - a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior bandwagon - a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon" | |
| 5. | style - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction pistil - the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma stylopodium - an enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae stigma - the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil | |
| 6. | style - editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display instruction, direction - a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" | |
| 7. | style - distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" | |
| 8. | style - a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation | |
| 9. | style - a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style" stylet - small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade | |
| Verb | 1. | style - designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'" |
| 2. | style - make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior pompadour - style women's hair in a pompadour | |
| 3. | style - make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript" write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" |