Elegant and Plain

Elegant

Elegant adjective - Having or showing elegance.

Plain is an antonym for elegant in topics: stylish, beautiful.

Nearby Words: elegance, elegantly, elegancy

Plain

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

Elegant is an antonym for plain.

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

Both words in one sentence

  • Disney / Beauty and the Beast She was beautiful in her plain clothes and the time spent in the castle shows her in various elegant dresses.
  • Webcomic / Orange Marmalade Little Black Dress: Ma-ri's aunt is always wearing a plain black dress, which gives her an elegant and sophisticated look.
  • Charlotte Brontë stated that she deliberately created Jane Eyre to be "as poor and plain as myself," in contrast to the beautiful and elegant romance heroines of her time.
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