fetching
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- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
/ˈfɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
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/ˈfɛt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/ · /fɛːtʃ.ɪŋ(ɡ)/ · /fɛtʃːɪŋ(ɡ)/
Definition of fetching
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Attractive; pleasant to regard.
“Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.”
“I am not, I regret to say, a discreet and fetching sleeper. Most people when they nod off look as if they could do with a blanket; I look as if I could do with medical attention.”
““The men in this town have a serious case of pussy affluenza,” says Amy Watanabe, 28, the fetching, tattooed owner of Sake Bar Satsko, a lively izakaya in New York’s East Village.”
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adj
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Attractive; pleasant to regard.
“Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.”
“I am not, I regret to say, a discreet and fetching sleeper. Most people when they nod off look as if they could do with a blanket; I look as if I could do with medical attention.”
““The men in this town have a serious case of pussy affluenza,” says Amy Watanabe, 28, the fetching, tattooed owner of Sake Bar Satsko, a lively izakaya in New York’s East Village.”
verb
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of fetch
“She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.”
noun
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The act by which something is fetched.
“These lumpers were also in the habit of inducing their men during the week to send to their pay-house for fetchings of drink, besides the money they were compelled to spend on Saturday night.”
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Etymology
From fetch + -ing.
Words you can make from fetching
117 playable · top: CHEFING (16 pts)
Best play chefing 16 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
26 words- CHIEF 13 pts
- FETCH 13 pts
- FICHE 13 pts
- FINCH 13 pts
- FITCH 13 pts
- FIGHT 12 pts
- CHING 11 pts
- GINCH 11 pts
- GITCH 11 pts
- THIEF 11 pts
- CHINE 10 pts
- ETHIC 10 pts
- NICHE 10 pts
- TENCH 10 pts
- EIGHT 9 pts
- FEIGN 9 pts
- HINGE 9 pts
- NEIGH 9 pts
- NIGHT 9 pts
- THEGN 9 pts
- THING 9 pts
- FEINT 8 pts
- GENIC 8 pts
- THEIN 8 pts
- THINE 8 pts
- TINGE 6 pts
4-letter words
30 words- CHEF 12 pts
- HEFT 10 pts
- CHIN 9 pts
- CHIT 9 pts
- ECHT 9 pts
- ETCH 9 pts
- FICE 9 pts
- INCH 9 pts
- ITCH 9 pts
- TECH 9 pts
- GIFT 8 pts
- NIGH 8 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- HENT 7 pts
- HINT 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- THEN 7 pts
- THIN 7 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- TING 5 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
38 words- FEH 9 pts
- CHI 8 pts
- HIC 8 pts
- ICH 8 pts
- FIG 7 pts
- GHI 7 pts
- GIF 7 pts
- CIG 6 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- HIT 6 pts
- NTH 6 pts
- THE 6 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsFind your best play with fetching
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