prepossessing

Synonyymisanakirja

prepossessing

houkutteleva, ihastuttava, viehättävä, vaikuttava.

Rimmaavat sanat

prepossessing rimmaa näiden kanssa:

leasing, franchising...

Katso kaikki

Englannin sanakirja

prepossessing englanniksi

  1. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive

    2. (ux)

  2. 1836, Dickens, Sketches by Boz, s:Sketches by Boz/The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain|The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain

    3. Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.

  3. 1852, H. B. Stowe, s:Uncle Toms Cabin|Uncle Tom's Cabin, s:Uncle Toms Cabin/Chapter II|chapter 2

    4. These natural graces in the quadroon are often united with beauty of the most dazzling kind, and in almost every case with a personal appearance prepossessing and agreeable.

Käännökset


Anna palautetta

Tekijänoikeudet: englannin sanakirjan artikkeli Wiktionary (GFDL, prepossessing).