fetching

[ fech-ing ]

adjective

1. charming; captivating.

fetching

/ ˈfɛtʃɪŋ /

adjective

1. attractively befitting

   a fetching hat

2. charming

   a fetching personality

Derived Forms

• ˈfetchingly, adverb

Other Words From

• fetching·ly adverb
• un·fetching adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fetching¹

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

Example Sentences

On our recent vacation trip to Portugal, I spotted a woman in a fetching dress I thought my lovely wife might like.

From Washington Post

In this world, once-proud physicians are over-prescribing and over-ordering, grinning and pretending, stepping and fetching.

From The Daily Beast

He changed his name to Ronnie Rocket, becomes a bona fide rock star, and attracts a fetching tap-dancer, Electra-Cute.

From The Daily Beast

He was surrounded by friends and family, and women—one was fetching him a piece of cake.

From The Daily Beast

Fetching, gracious, ladylike, she has devoted her adult life to taking care of Mitt and the boys.

From The Daily Beast

Fetching French actress Audrey Tautou is back in the romantic drama “Delicacy.”

From The Daily Beast

Anyway there was a lot of embroidery on it, full of little holes, which somehow contrived to be extraordinarily fetching.

From Project Gutenberg

The fancy costumes and the funny masks the girls and boys wore certainly were “fetching.”

From Project Gutenberg

Ever see anything more fetching than those great Irish eyes in a regular little Dago mug?

From Project Gutenberg

Fetching pen and paper, the blacksmith made a rapid computation of what would be due Oliver at any time within the next month.

From Project Gutenberg

And there need never be any difficulty about sending you all three to school and fetching you, even when it is not holiday time.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• enchanting