hip
/ˈhɪp/
adjectivefollowing the fashion of the day and aware of the latest trends
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1. Hip hop is a worldwide phenomenon.
2. Hip hop is a code for black and poor.
3. - Hip hop or pop? -
4. Hips are back towards square.
5. Hips come forward.
trend
/ˈtɹɛnd/
nouna fashion or style that is popular at a particular time
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1. It is their take on the dual-screen devices trend that has been building up for a time.
2. So Trending topics.
3. "Contagion" is trending.
4. Trending topics or evergreen topics.
5. - Absolutely, and trends change really fast.
retro
/ˈɹɛtɹoʊ/
nounfashion trends or styles of a recent time in the past
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1. Retro prices jumped too.
2. A retro is a rerelease of an original shoe.
3. All right, here comes the retro one.
4. The first part of this word is retro.
5. Don't show up retro.
informal
/ˌɪnˈfɔɹməɫ/
adjectivesuitable for friendly, relaxed, casual, or unofficial occasions and situations
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1. We mentioned informal interviews.
2. Brazilians are usually very informal people.
3. Sneakers by definition are informal.
4. - I said informal.
5. - I said informal.
trendy
/ˈtɹɛndi/
adjectiveinfluenced by the latest styles
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1. Doctors don't wear sweaters this trendy.
2. Number six is trendy neighborhood.
3. Lasers are so trendy right now.
4. Food is as trendy as clothing now.
5. Black charcoal is super trendy this year.
normcore
/ˈnɔɹmˌkɔɹ/
nouna style of fashion marked by the deliberate choice of bland and casual clothes that do not draw attention
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1. Normcore, as it has been said, says something about where the power of fashion lies.
2. Stevie, you were talking about normcore. -
3. Does normcore apply to house decor?
4. - I mean normcore is so 2013.
5. Taking inspiration from the normcore kicks of the '90s, the fashion trend was rocked by countless influencers, bloggers, and celebrities, especially after Kanye West made it an actual thing with his Yeezy line.
stylishness
/stˈaɪlɪʃnəs/
nounthe quality of being fashionable and having style
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1. And that then expands to the fact that in order to just deal with all of these little things before we even get to the massive destruction is going to require a huge team of people constantly working to undo, you know, destruction that comes at the cost of stylishness, which yeah,
2. I've combined European stylishness with legendary German reliability, in this BMW Z3.
3. Dancing has had nothing to do with dancing well, being young or revealing one’s stylishness.
4. I would say find a compromise between comfort, functionality, and stylishness.
bodycon
/ˈbɑːdi.kɑːn/
adjectivea style of clothing that is tight-fitting and conforms closely to the body, often emphasizing the contours of the figure
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2. And may we all be as capable of being bold enough to pull off bodycon dress and jewelry by designer Jennifer Fisher, just like her.
3. Although there have been calls to retire bodycon dresses, the trend has remained alive and well.
4. Since the bodycon dress quite literally contours to your body and shows off your hip-to-waist ratio, it's practically the outfit to wear if you're looking to attract some male attention.
5. When The Express Tribune polled men about their favorite women's fashion staples, it turned out that men weren't solely fans of bodycon dresses.
natty
/ˈnæti/
adjectiveneat, attractive and fashionable
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1. I don't know if you've ever drank natty light.
2. And so, like those natty little burrs that stick to you, if you think about that on a really small scale, that's what's coating you everywhere.
3. - This is celery juice, although I think the natty light under the heat lamp might also be my drink nemesis.
4. There's definitely a lot of confusion around what natty wine actually is.
5. I sometimes reference myself as a natty wine hype woman, and I am, you know?
unhip
/ʌnhˈɪp/
adjectivenot following the fashion of the day and unaware of the latest trends
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1. Though I am too unhip to dance, having a hip and a half in my walking stick and move, I like to pirouette like Starry Night.
2. It makes Mary have hysterics, 'cause I am the most unhip man on the planet.
unflattering
/ənˈfɫætɝɪŋ/
adjectivemaking less attractive or favorable
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1. This unflattering portrayal reflects the Bolsheviks’ opinion of Kerensky, who in modern times has been relegated to a mere footnote in the early history of the Soviet Union.
2. First of all, this is the most unflattering lighting for Supreme Leader Snoke.
3. This is probably the most un-fun, unflattering social interaction advice of all time.
4. The chroniclers of the high middle ages described their religious counterparts with unflattering prose.
5. Oh my - They're so unflattering.
open-necked
/ˈoʊpənnˈɛkt/
adjective(of a shirt) worn without a tie and not fastened at the neck
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casual
/ˈkæʒəwəɫ/, /ˈkæʒwəɫ/
adjective(of clothing) comfortable and suitable for everyday use or informal events and occasions
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1. So casual is kind of our normal entire anyway.
2. Totally casual.
3. Really casual.
4. - I love casual.
5. Jeans always look much more casual.
underdressed
/ˌʌndɚdɹˈɛst/
adjectivewearing clothes that are too casual or inadequate for a particular occasion
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1. Hey, I suddenly feel underdressed.
2. And if you’re ever not sure, it’s better to err on the side of being slightly more dressy than underdressed.
3. Or we're underdressed.
4. In this outfit, you can confidently enter a workplace and not feel too underdressed due to the outerwear.
5. I feel a bit underdressed.
becoming
/bɪˈkəmɪŋ/
adjective(of clothes, colors, hairstyles etc.) enhancing the wearer's appearance and making them more attractive
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1. I am finally getting around to Michelle Obama's book, Becoming.
2. The homes, the homes are becoming involved.
3. The becoming is the creative part of the brain.
4. It is wonderful Becoming.
5. and you do it so well, I bet you now that you're becoming famous people, you bump into-- Becoming!
sharp
/ˈʃɑɹp/
adjective(of a person's style or clothes) dressy and fashionable
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1. Your basis was sharp.
2. Those teeth are sharp.
3. Those claws are sharp.
4. The hunger pangs were sharp.
5. This thing’s sharp!
comfortable
/ˈkəmfɝtəbəɫ/
adjective(of clothes or furniture) making us feel physically relaxed
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1. The socks are comfortable.
2. 5 by 5 sounds comfortable.
3. The bed is comfortable?
4. The bed is comfortable?
5. The cut in the back is comfortable.
uncomfortable
/ənˈkəmfɝtəbəɫ/
adjective(of clothes, furniture, etc.) unpleasant to use or wear; making someone physically uneasy
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1. My shower is uncomfortable.
2. People are so uncomfortable.
3. Are your shoes uncomfortable?
4. Skinny jeans are uncomfortable.
5. Your fingers looked uncomfortable.
dressy
/ˈdɹɛsi/
adjective(of clothes) chic and suitable for formal occasions
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1. Now, a jacket is inherently much more dressy than jeans.
2. Is your style more dressy or more casua?
3. This next outfit is my dressy outfit.
4. Yeah, it looks dressy.
5. - Yeah, looks quite dressy.
elegant
/ˈɛɫəɡənt/
adjective(of a person or their behavior) attractive, stylish, or beautiful
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1. Nature's solution is actually very elegant.
2. The solution is really elegant in its simplicity.
3. Georgia's style is so perfectly sharp, elegant.
4. It has very elegant properties.
5. - Is that elegant?
fetching
/ˈfɛtʃɪŋ/
adjectiveattractive in a way that catches the eye
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1. Actually that is quite fetching.
2. Wearing a fetching and simple Winnie-style head tie when I met her outside Mrs. Madikizela-Mandela's Soweto home, a 22-year-old student, Neo Ngcobo, said she had joined the flourishing, unofficial movements.
3. They're very fetching.
4. When the smaller more fetching sequel, the G Flex 2 was announced for Sprint in 2015, I very nearly switched carriers just to own it.
5. The new model is available in three colors now, including the very fetching, Atomic Red that's probably the most exciting thing about the lineup.
fitted
/ˈfɪtəd/, /ˈfɪtɪd/
adjective(of clothes) made in a way that closely covers the body
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1. WOMEN HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO FORCED ABORTIONS AND FITTED WITH IUDs.
2. I like sweaters that are more fitted to my body.
3. It's pretty fitted but still not like suctioned to your body.
4. Once the structure is FITTED with Wooden Panels, the game's Flashing Lights and sensor ACTIVATORS are installed.
5. Fitted puffy dresses and A-line dresses Light dresses with an elastic band at the waist are associated only with young ladies.
flamboyant
/fɫæmˈbɔɪənt/
adjective(of clothes) showy and noticeable because of being brightly colored or highly decorated
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1. The flamboyant businessman is still sitting pretty.
2. His flamboyant reign was famous for its absurdity.
3. One of the most fascinating things about bearded dragons is their flamboyant non-verbal communication.
4. And the flamboyant flamingos have some fancy dance moves.
5. The most flamboyant display comes from the greater sage grouse.
formal
/ˈfɔɹməɫ/
adjectivesuitable for fancy, important, serious, or official occasions and situations
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1. A barber by trade, Raymond was also lacking in formal education.
2. So the next one is very formal.
3. Today's word is formal.
4. 12 is pretty formal.
5. My answer was formal.
form-fitting
/fˈɔːɹmfˈɪɾɪŋ/
adjective(of clothing) fitting the body tightly in a way that the contours of the figure are clearly seen
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frumpy
/ˈfɹəmpi/
adjectiveunfashionable and unattractive
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1. You take your standard frumpy old potato and then you create a taste sensation, to die for.
2. Another great example is a client of mine, or a former client of mine, this is Elena from frumpy fit.
3. Over time, sometimes the quilting may come off but frankly, that does not really matter, it just gives your garment character and if it looks frumpy or anything, you'll just get a new one.
4. Breastfeeding is so frumpy.
5. It's frumpy, like no. -
snappy
/ˈsnæpi/
adjectiveneat and stylish
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1. Just normal day to day stuff feels snappy.
2. Performance is pretty snappy.
3. It's snappy.
4. Be snappy.
5. The chocolate is snappy.
sober
/ˈsoʊbɝ/
adjectiveplain and not brightly colored
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1. My daughter has been sober 17 months now.
2. Sobering stuff at the end of this week.
3. Stay sober.
4. Drunk words speak sober minds, though.
5. But drunk words speak sober minds.
sporty
/ˈspɔɹti/
adjective(of clothes) stylish, attractive, and suitable for sports
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1. Sporty look fast cars .
2. The tyres are even sportier.
3. This modern front gives it a very sporty appearance.
4. The second mistake is wearing sporty trainers with your trousers and elegant summer outfits.
5. but you did say sporty
stylish
/ˈstaɪɫɪʃ/
adjectiveattractive in a way that is fashionable and elegant
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1. Ray: Looks stylish!
2. It looks stylish.
3. - He looks stylish.
4. The wardrobe is modern stylish.
5. It feels stylish.
stylishly
/ˈstaɪɫɪʃɫi/
adverbin a fashionable way that shows style
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1. Vin Diesel stylishly going two buttons undone on the dress shirt.
2. Stylishly clad in their special uniforms, the Swiss unit marched to the great Campo de’ Fiori and then through to the Vatican itself, where they took residence and began their service.
3. Let's just hope if you wear a hat stylishly, it doesn't incite any riots!
4. The Bush legacy So, what are these stylishly talented twins up to these days?
5. So the more people washed jeans, the more stylishly faded they looked.
chic
/ˈʃik/
adjectivehaving an appealing appearance that is stylish
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1. That contrast makes the house really just kinda modern chic.
2. One of you suggested 'chic'.
3. This word is chic.
4. Nurses are chic.
5. Looks so chic.
gaudy
/ˈɡɔdi/
adjective(used especially of clothes) showy in a way that is tasteless
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1. Gaudy jerseys and fun young players generated neither wins, nor significant Canadian enthusiasm for a winter pro sport that wasn't hockey.
2. She's gaudy as heck.
3. It's pretty gaudy, though.
4. We just love a gaudy moment.
5. Hmm, she is a gaudy queen.
glamorous
/ˈɡɫæmɝəs/
adjectiveattractive in a special way
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1. Black women have been glamorous.
2. What city is more glamorous?
3. Architectural photography is extremely glamorous.
4. The horizon, the open road, is very, very glamorous.
5. My job looks glamorous?
grungy
/ˈɡɹəndʒi/
adjectiverelated to the fashion style associated with grunge rock music, consisting loose torn jeans and layers of clothing
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1. And you've got the grungy old terminal at LaGuardia.
2. But you could just say grungy.
3. Can teriyaki, the go-to budget eats of Seattle's grungy past, survive in the city's glossy future?
4. Like one of those like grungy ones that like, is on the runway.
5. Like a grungy superman, but when he's not eating well.
sloppy
/ˈsɫɑpi/
adjective(of a piece of clothing) casual and loose, without much shape
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1. The editing in the real world is sloppy.
2. The match was sloppy.
3. This time was even more sloppy.
4. The stitching sometimes is sloppy on fake Jordans.
5. Number three, some dealers are sloppy.
smart
/ˈsmɑɹt/
adjective(of people or clothes) looking neat, tidy, and elegantly fashionable
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1. Women are smart.
2. - Raccoons are smart.
3. Diligence, discipline and persistence will overpower smarts.
4. Your fat is smart.
5. Kids are smart.
smart casual
/smˈɑːɹt kˈæʒuːəl/
adjective(of clothes) neat, conventional and rather informal
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1. In today's video, I'm wearing a smart casual outfit that might be good for some informal socializing.
2. Keeping things within that smart casual level is probably as formal as you're going to want to go.
3. Starting with the smart casual dress code.
4. So where do you usually encounter the smart casual dress code?
5. Of course, always stay within that smart casual range which means below business wear.
smartly
/ˈsmɑɹtɫi/
adverbin a neat and stylish way
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1. That was very smartly played.
2. The 6T uses those specs smartly.
3. Smartly, and shoot it right.
4. I'm smartly designed.
5. [David] Rowling's script smartly gives Grindelwald some much-needed moral ambiguity.
overdressed
/ˌoʊvɚdɹˈɛst/
adjectivewearing clothes that are too formal or excessive for a particular occasion
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1. I was quite pleased with the playsuit, although I am only going for coffee today, and I'd probably wear this more to like an event, or a night out or something like that, but I'll be a bit overdressed.
2. I feel like I'm a little bit overdressed.
garish
/ˈɡɛɹɪʃ/
adjectivetoo bright and colorful in a way that is tasteless
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1. Though I suppose Trump's bread and butter is putting up garish eyesores.
2. For most people, this is a bit of a garish glass.
3. Pinning one on to your tuxedo just looks garish and like someone who really doesn't know what he's doing.
4. Using X-rays and extensive research, expert restorers stripped back the garish layers and began un-restoring the statue to the tune of $34,000.
5. Thankfully, this garish paint job isn't just a questionable style choice, but a delightfully petty way to ruffle the neighbors feathers.
streetwear
/stɹˈiːtwɛɹ/
nouninformal clothing that the urban youth of a particular subculture typically wear
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1. In New York especially, it's a lot of streetwear.
2. So, presumably, the trend for streetwear filtered through from its specialised area into mainstream fashion until everyone was following it.
3. Next was streetwear.
4. Next was 'streetwear'.
5. Streetwear is dead.
flattering
/ˈfɫætɝɪŋ/
adjectiveimproving or emphasizing someone's good features, making them appear more attractive
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1. - Are they flattering?
2. That's flattering.
3. Wanna nail your most flattering bod?
4. This flattering color works for every skin tone.
5. It was super flattering.
loud
/ˈɫaʊd/
adjectivetoo bright in a distasteful way
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1. The investors laughed out loud.
2. When it came to the opposition, where was the loudest, most vociferous opposition coming from to this?
3. This lens is loud.
4. The speakers are loud.
5. The jungle is loud.
baggy
/ˈbæɡi/
adjective(of clothes) loose and not fitting the body tightly
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1. The baggy clothes, the smoking of cigarettes, the resistance and fight against therapists.
2. As with the gray suit, the black jacket was much too baggy on me.
3. Nice fitting clothes, as opposed to baggy clothes, can drastically improve one’s appearance.
4. Wear baggy jeans or khakis.
5. They see my baggy jeans.
styleless
/stˈaɪlləs/
adjectivelacking a particular style, fashion, or design
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