fetching

[fech-ing]

adjective

1. charming; captivating.

fetching

/ ˈfɛtʃɪŋ /

adjective

1. attractively befitting

   a fetching hat

2. charming

   a fetching personality

Other Word Forms

• fetchingly adverb
• unfetching adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fetching¹

First recorded in 1875–80; fetch ¹ + -ing ²

Example Sentences

“This one is fetched pretty far, but somehow I still find it fetching,” he writes of one design.

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Faced with Woolf’s criticisms, we find ourselves in a fetching literary intrigue.

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While gold bullion is fetching more than $4,300 a troy ounce for the first time, mining shares are pricing in gold in the low- to mid-$3,000s, say analysts.

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The index trades at one of its widest historical discounts, fetching about 14 times forward earnings compared with the S&P 500’s 23.

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At the same time, more in-demand domain names are auctioned off, with some fetching hundreds of thousands of US dollars.

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Related Words

• enchanting