comely
Easy on eyes
Comely is a somewhat old-fashioned adjective meaning pleasant to look at, attractive, or fair.
It typically describes people, especially women, suggesting a wholesome or dignified kind of beauty rather than striking glamour: a comely young woman.
The word can also describe things that are fitting or proper in appearance.
Comely carries a gentler, more modest connotation than words like gorgeous or beautiful, evoking an earlier era's aesthetic sensibilities.
Pleasing in appearance
- handsomeAttractive in appearance
- good-lookingVisually appealing person
- fairImpartial and unbiased
- lovelyAttractive and pleasing
beautiful · beauteous · bonny · winsome · fetching · sightly · prepossessing · personable
Elegant in movement
- refinedPurified or cultured
- dignifiedComposed and respectable
- poisedCalm and controlled
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
sophisticated · tasteful · genteel · cultivated · classy · stately · debonair · urbane
Suitable or proper
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- suitableProper for purpose
- seemlyConforming to propriety
- properSocially appropriate
decent · befitting · apt · meet · decorous · correct · right · congruous
Pleasantly attractive, compelling attention
- endearingArousing fondness or affection
- appealingPleasant and inviting
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
delightful · winning · sweet · likable · agreeable · pleasant · amiable · genial
Powerfully appealing
- enticingPowerfully attractive
- temptingArousing desire or interest
- seductivePowerfully attractive, tempting
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
tantalizing · desirable · attractive · beguiling · fetching · inviting · bewitching · entrancing
pretty
Pleasing in appearance
- handsomeAttractive in appearance
- good-lookingVisually appealing person
- fairImpartial and unbiased
lovely · beautiful · beauteous · bonny · winsome · fetching · sightly · prepossessing · personable · pleasing
graceful
Elegant in movement
polished · sophisticated · tasteful · genteel · cultivated · classy · stately · debonair · urbane · chic
fitting
Suitable or proper
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
- suitableProper for purpose
- seemlyConforming to propriety
proper · decent · befitting · apt · meet · decorous · correct · right · congruous · harmonious
engaging
Pleasantly attractive, compelling attention
- endearingArousing fondness or affection
- appealingPleasant and inviting
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
enchanting · delightful · winning · sweet · likable · agreeable · pleasant · amiable · genial · affable
alluring
Powerfully appealing
- enticingPowerfully attractive
- temptingArousing desire or interest
- seductivePowerfully attractive, tempting
sultry · tantalizing · desirable · attractive · beguiling · fetching · inviting · bewitching · entrancing · intoxicating
- attractiveattractive, beautiful, gorgeous, pretty, handsome
- attractivenessattractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty
- archaic Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, ye
- archaic wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, tis
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
- Shakespearean wordsforsooth, hither, thither, wherefore, prithee
comelyugly
Displeasing to look at
homely · unattractive · plain · unsightly · hideous
comelyunbecoming
Inappropriate or unsuitable
unseemly · improper · indecorous · unfitting · inappropriate