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el·e·gance E0083300 (ĕl′ĭ-gəns)n.1. a. Refinement, grace, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.b. Tasteful opulence in form, decoration, or presentation.2. a. Restraint and grace of style.b. Scientific exactness and precision.3. Something elegant.elegance (ˈɛlɪɡəns) or elegancyn, pl -gances or -gancies1. dignified grace in appearance, movement, or behaviour2. good taste in design, style, arrangement, etc3. something elegant; a refinementel•e•gance (ˈɛl ɪ gəns) n. 1. elegant quality. 2. something elegant. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespearedash, panache, elan, flair, style - distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"daintiness, delicacy, fineness - the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"courtliness - elegance suggestive of a royal courttastefulness - elegance indicated by good tastebreeding, genteelness, gentility - elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expressionchic, chicness, modishness, stylishness, swank, chichi, last word, smartness - elegance by virtue of being fashionablegrandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendour, brilliance, grandness - the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"eclat, pomp - ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses"class - elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste | | 2. | elegance - a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics); "the simplicity and elegance of his invention"quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare |
elegancenoun style, taste, beauty, grace, dignity, sophistication, grandeur, refinement, polish, gentility, sumptuousness, courtliness, gracefulness, tastefulness, exquisiteness Princess Grace's understated eleganceQuotations "To me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is" [Christian Lacroix]elegancenounRefined, effortless beauty of manner, form, and style:elegancy, grace, polish, urbanity.Translationselegant (ˈeligənt) adjective having or showing stylishness. elegant clothes; You look elegant today. 雅致的 雅致的ˈelegance noun 高雅,雅致 高雅,雅致 Elegance
EleganceAfter Six, Inc.makers of men’s formal wear and accessories. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 9]Archer, IsabelAmerican heiress undergoes process of refinement amid European culture. [Am. Lit.: The Portrait of a Lady]Ashley, Lady Brettheroine “as charming when drunk as when sober.” [Am. Lit.: The Sun Also Rises]dahliarepresents elegance. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 406]Darlington, Lordepitome of London’s man about town (1800s). [Br. Lit.: Lady Windermere’s Fan, Magill I, 488–490]locusttree representing elegance. [Tree Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]Petroniuscalled by Roman historian Tacitus “a man of refined luxury,” and “the arbiter of elegance”; lived in the reign of the emperor Nero. [Rom. Hist.: EB (1963) XVII 681]elegance
Synonyms for elegancenoun styleSynonyms- style
- taste
- beauty
- grace
- dignity
- sophistication
- grandeur
- refinement
- polish
- gentility
- sumptuousness
- courtliness
- gracefulness
- tastefulness
- exquisiteness
Synonyms for elegancenoun refined, effortless beauty of manner, form, and styleSynonyms- elegancy
- grace
- polish
- urbanity
Antonyms for elegancenoun a refined quality of gracefulness and good tasteRelated Words- quality
- dash
- panache
- elan
- flair
- style
- daintiness
- delicacy
- fineness
- courtliness
- tastefulness
- breeding
- genteelness
- gentility
- chic
- chicness
- modishness
- stylishness
- swank
- chichi
- last word
- smartness
- grandeur
- magnificence
- splendor
- splendour
- brilliance
- grandness
- eclat
- pomp
- class
Antonymsnoun a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)Related Words |