Antonyms for fetching


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fech-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛtʃ ɪŋ


Definition of fetching

Origin :
  • 1580s, "crafty, scheming," present participle adjective from fetch. The sense of "alluring, fascinating" is by 1880.
  • adj alluring, attractive
Example sentences :
  • But after all, fetching slippers is not the whole duty of domestic pets.
  • Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
  • Then fetching a difficult breath he said, 'You are not afraid, Glory, are you?'
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Weaned only yesterday, and fetching a dacent man out of his bed to find them.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Fetching the child to the wedding to have the bad name taken off it—no?
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • She helped silently, fetching water and more sticks for the fire.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • "I wish I might," earnestly responded the gentleman, fetching a sigh.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • What harm was there in his fetching his coat, if it was not against rules?
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Those of the Commercial Bank were only fetching twenty cents.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • While this was fetching, the butcher knelt and lifted him against his knee.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Revel » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • I never asked the woman for the chicken, and I begged you to let me off fetching it.
  • Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe

Synonyms for fetching

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