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fetching adjective [ ˈfɛtʃɪŋ ]

• attractive.
• "a fetching little garment of pink satin"
Similar: attractive, appealing, adorable, sweet, winsome, pretty, lovely, delightful, charming, prepossessing, captivating, enchanting, sexy, alluring, seductive, ravishing, desirable, irresistible, bonny, divine, heavenly, adorbs, tasty, hot, fanciable, easy on the eye, fit, smashing, cute, foxy, taking, comely, fair,

fetch verb

• go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone.
• "he ran to fetch help"
Similar: get, go and get, go for, call for, summon, pick up, collect, bring, carry, deliver, convey, ferry, transport, escort, conduct, lead, usher in,
• achieve (a particular price) when sold.
• "the land could fetch over a million pounds"
Similar: sell for, bring in, raise, realize, yield, make, earn, command, cost, be priced at, come to, amount to, go for, set one back, pull in, rake in, knock someone back,
• inflict (a blow or slap) on (someone).
• "that brute Cullam fetched him a wallop"
• cause great interest or delight in (someone).
• "that air of his always fetches women"
Origin: Old English fecc(e)an, variant of fetian, probably related to fatian ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin and related to German fassen .


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