"pretty boy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pretty boy.ogg Forms: pretty boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pretty boy (plural pretty boys)
  1. (mildly derogatory, disapproving, often endearing, slang) A young man whose physical attractiveness is considered rather effeminate and who may be vain about his appearance. Tags: derogatory, disapproving, endearing, mildly, often, slang Related terms: who's a pretty boy then
    Sense id: en-pretty_boy-en-noun-7~~dkr1U Synonyms: metrosexual, puss-gentleman, barbermonger [obsolete], beau [dated], blade [dated], blood [obsolete], buck [UK, obsolete], carpet knight, cockscomb [archaic], dandy, dike [US, dialectal, obsolete], dood, dude [archaic], dudelet [archaic], exquisite [rare], fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop [obsolete], fribble, gallant, go [UK, obsolete], jack-a-dandy [archaic], Jemmy-Jessamy [obsolete], jetter [obsolete], macaroni [archaic], masher, metrosexual, mignon [obsolete, rare], petit maître [archaic], popinjay, pretty boy [pejorative, slang], prig, puss-gentleman [obsolete], smart, spark, spiff [archaic], swell [dated], tippy [obsolete, slang], toff [obsolete], bading [Philippines], big girl's blouse [Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, derogatory], cockney [obsolete], cot-quean [derogatory, obsolete], cupcake [slang], dudelet [archaic, derogatory], fakaleiti, fairy [derogatory], femboy, gentleman [derogatory], ginch [Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang], girl's blouse [derogatory, slang], girlyman [derogatory, slang], janegirl [rare], jessie [dated], nancy [derogatory, slang], nancyboy [derogatory, slang], nancy pants, pansy [derogatory], poof [Commonwealth, derogatory], poofter [Commonwealth, dated, derogatory], posy sniffer [derogatory, slang], pretty boy, puss-gentleman [obsolete], quiche-eater [idiomatic], sissy [derogatory], softling [archaic], soy boy [derogatory, slang], swish [derogatory, slang], twink [derogatory, slang], zenana [South-Asia]
  2. (slang, usually used by women) A good-looking young man, especially whose good looks are rather feminine than masculine. Tags: slang, usually Translations (Translations): guaperas (despective) [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pretty_boy-en-noun-y-czfdQq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations, Male people Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Male people: 41 59 Synonyms: dimber cove, hunk, beefcake, bona omi [Polari, dated], chicken [Polari], chick magnet [US], dimber cove [obsolete], dreamboat [dated, humorous, informal], himbo [derogatory, slang, sometimes], hunk, lady-killer, man-meat [slang], pretty boy [slang], rizzler, spunk [Australia], stud, stud muffin [idiomatic], superhunk, twink [slang] Disambiguation of 'Translations': 24 76

Inflected forms

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          "source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
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          "word": "Jemmy-Jessamy"
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          "word": "macaroni"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
          "word": "metrosexual"
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            "rare"
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          "word": "mignon"
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          "word": "petit maître"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
          "word": "popinjay"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:dandy",
          "word": "smart"
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          "word": "spark"
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          "word": "spiff"
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          "word": "tippy"
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            "obsolete"
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          "word": "toff"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bading"
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          "word": "cot-quean"
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          "word": "cupcake"
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          "word": "dudelet"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
          "word": "fakaleiti"
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          "word": "fairy"
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          "word": "ginch"
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          "word": "girlyman"
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          "word": "jessie"
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          "word": "nancy"
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          "word": "nancyboy"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
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          "word": "poofter"
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          "word": "posy sniffer"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
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          "word": "puss-gentleman"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "quiche-eater"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
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          "word": "sissy"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "softling"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
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          "word": "soy boy"
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            "slang"
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          "word": "swish"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
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            "derogatory",
            "slang"
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          "word": "twink"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
          "tags": [
            "South-Asia"
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          "word": "zenana"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:beautiful man",
          "word": "beefcake"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "bona omi"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "Polari"
          ],
          "word": "chicken"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:beautiful man",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "chick magnet"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:beautiful man",
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          "word": "dreamboat"
        },
        {
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          "word": "himbo"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:beautiful man",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:beautiful man",
          "word": "lady-killer"
        },
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          ],
          "word": "man-meat"
        },
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          ],
          "word": "pretty boy"
        },
        {
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          "word": "rizzler"
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "spunk"
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          "word": "stud"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:beautiful man",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "stud muffin"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:beautiful man",
          "word": "superhunk"
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          "word": "twink"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guaperas (despective)"
    }
  ],
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}

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