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Antonyms for chic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sheek
Phonetic Transcription : ʃik

Definition of chic

Origin :
  • 1856, as a noun, "style, artistic skill," from French chic, 19c. in "stylishness" sense, originally "subtlety" (16c.), of unknown origin, perhaps [Klein] related to German Schick "tact, skill," from Middle Low German schikken "arrange appropriately," or Middle High German schicken "to arrange, set in order;" or from French chicane, from chicanerie (see chicanery). The adjectival meaning "stylish" is from 1879 in English, "Not so used in F[rench]." [OED].
  • adj fashionable
Example sentences :
  • She was gowned, too, with a chic nicety to arouse the envy of all less-fortunate women.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • She was very charming, my friend Hortense, but she troubled about nothing that was not chic.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Dolly has a great many friends in Paris, and so has Dad, and so has Chic.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • It is not representation of nature at all, but pure formula and chic.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • If it were chic to be devout, no doubt they would pass their life on their knees.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • If they be chic, and marry well, I for one shall ask no more of them.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • It came to be the chic and proper thing to appear at them in shades of mauve or purple.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • The millinery I caught a peep at looked too chic for a grandmother.
  • Extract from : « Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes » by Stella M. Francis
  • He bought two chic Pompadour statuettes to adorn his drawing-room.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • There's nothing cheerful, there's no chic to it; there are no live and vivifying sounds in it.
  • Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky

Synonyms for chic

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