Antonyms for fairest

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fair

Phonetic Transcription : fɛər

Definition of fairest

Origin : Old English fæger "beautiful, lovely, pleasant," from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (cf. Old Saxon fagar, Old Norse fagr, Old High German fagar "beautiful," Gothic fagrs "fit"), perhaps from PIE *pek- "to make pretty" (cf. Lithuanian puošiu "I decorate").
The meaning in reference to weather (c.1200) preserves the original sense (opposed to foul). Sense of "light-complexioned" (1550s) reflects tastes in beauty; sense of "free from bias" (mid-14c.) evolved from another early meaning, "morally pure, unblemished" (late 12c.). The sporting senses (fair ball, fair catch etc.) began in 1856. Fair play is from 1590s; fair and square is from c.1600. Fair-haired in the figurative sense of "darling, favorite" is from 1909. First record of fair-weather friends is from 1736.

adj impartial, unprejudiced
adj light-complexioned, light-haired
adj mediocre, satisfactory
adj beautiful
adj bright, cloudless (weather)

Example sentences :

For we have made them the fairest offers, but they would not be persuaded.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

Paris and the fairest woman in the world were well across the sea.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

But the fairest, wi' hair like the mune in a clud, She sought till she was the last.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

But the fairest she laid her comb by itsel' On the rock where the king's son lay.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

I will not ask you, fairest of your sex, to give your confidence to unauthorised words.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Fairest, forlornest, and saddest of all the cities, and dearest!
Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

There remains still the finest and fairest of all men and all States—tyranny and the tyrant.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

That country is the fairest which is inhabited by the noblest minds.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

And the body is fairest which grows up straight and well-formed from the time of birth.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Now the fairest and most useful of strains will be uttered by the elder men, and therefore we cannot let them off.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Synonyms for fairest

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