Antonyms for LOVELYlove·ly

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1. lovely

   Amiable combines the senses of lovable or lovely and loving; the amiable character has ready affection and kindliness for others, with the qualities that are adapted to win their love; amiable is a higher and stronger word than good-natured or agreeable. Lovely is often applied to externals; as, a lovely face. Amiable denotes a disposition desirous to cheer, please, and make happy. A selfish man of the world may have the art to be agreeable; a handsome, brilliant, and witty person may be charming or even attractive, while by no means amiable. The engaging, winning, and winsome add to amiability something of beauty, accomplishments, and grace. The benignant are calmly kind, as from a height and a distance. Kind, good-natured people may be coarse and rude, and so fail to be agreeable or pleasing; the really amiable are likely to avoid such faults by their earnest desire to please. The good-natured have an easy disposition to get along comfortably with every one in all circumstances. A sweet disposition is very sure to be amiable, the loving heart bringing out all that is lovable and lovely in character.

   Antonyms:
   acrimonious, churlish, crabbed, cruel, crusty, disagreeable, dogged, gruff, hateful, ill-conditioned, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, morose, sour, sullen, surly, unamiable, unlovely

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, amiable, attractive, benignant, engaging, gentle, good-natured, harming, kind, lovable, loving, pleasant, pleasing, sweet, winning, winsome

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1. lovely

   Antonyms:
   unamiable, unlovable, hateful, hideous, plain, homely, unattractive, unlovely

   Synonyms:
   amiable, lovable, enchanting, beautiful, pleasing, delightful, charming

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1. cover girl, pin-up, lovelyadjective

   a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model

   Antonyms:
   hateful, ugly

   Synonyms:
   lovely, pin-up, cover girl

2. lovelyadjective

   appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

   Antonyms:
   hateful, ugly

   Synonyms:
   endearing, adorable

3. adorable, endearing, lovelyadjective

   lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

   Antonyms:
   hateful, ugly

   Synonyms:
   endearing, adorable, lovely

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1. lovelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   charming, delightful, delectable, amiable, pleasing

How to use LOVELY in a sentence?

1. Dawn Kauffman-Mace:

   We would have hoped there would have been a photo, his friends could have written notes. That would have been a lovely keepsake.

2. Photographer Aun Raza:

   He speaks very little, he's an immensely lovely person, a very tender person. But he doesn't remember anything. All he remembers is his name. That's it.

3. Patrick Quelch:

   Today is just a lovely thing to be able to do just given the current state of everything, you obviously think about the whole COVID thing and how it's affecting people ... But when you're out here, it's an escapism, isn't it? It's time to not think about other things. It's time to just enjoy yourself if you can - you know, sort of stolen moments.

4. Joyce Kilmer, "Trees" (poem), 1914:

   I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree.

5. Tim Hardin:

   You look to me like misty roses Too soft to touch But too lovely to leave alone

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