In contrast to his "not bad looks but seems a bit of a dandy" appearance, he didn't have a girlfriend and he wasn't particularly fast with the ladies.
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Dandy
//ˈdæn.di//
Synonyms for "dandy" (307 found)
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Noun(13 words)
aceace-highall very wellarbiter of fashionbadbang upbang-upbeaubeau brummelbeautbladebloodbonzerbossboulevardierbuckbullybut goodcapitalchampion
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Strong matches (92)
Adjective(30 words)
Related words (153)
Noun(20 words)
jackanapesjam-upjunkjust dandykeenkiller dillerkiller-dillerknockoutlady killerlady-killerlitterlollapaloosalounge lizardlulumacaroniman of the worldman-about-townmarvymashermean
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mondainmondaineneatniftynobbyokokayout of sightout of this worldpeachpeachypeachy-keenpippippinpopinjayprimepuppyrakerakishrippingrumsailing vesselscrumptioussensationalslap-upsmashingsocialitesolidsomething elsesparkspectacularspiffingspiffysplendidsportstunningsubdebsubdebutantesuperiorsweetheartswellswingertaste makertaste-makerterrificthe nutstone-settertoughtrend settertrend-settervesselwhizwizardyachtyawl
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1 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 28 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պճնամոլ noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Bulgarian
3 entries- контешки adj (like a dandy)
- конте noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- франт noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Catalan
3 entries- dandi noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- gomós noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- petimetre noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 纨绔子弟 noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- 花花公子 noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Czech
4 entries- dandy noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- fintil noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- hejsek noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- parádník noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Danish
4 entries- glimrende adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- lapset adj (like a dandy)
- storartet adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- laps noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Finnish
4 entries- erinomainen adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- erinomainen adj (first-rate)
- keikarimainen adj (like a dandy)
- mainio adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
French
2 entries- très bien adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- dandy noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
German
4 entries- gut adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- prima adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- schön adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- Dandy noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Hindi
4 entries- छैल noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- छैला noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- डंडी noun (Translations)
- बाँका noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Irish
2 entries- gaige noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- scóitséir noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Italian
4 entries- passabile adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- bellimbusto noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- damerino noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- fichetto noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Japanese
2 entries- 伊達男 noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- 伊達者 noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Korean
1 entries- 멋쟁이 noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Latin
1 entries- formaster noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Macedonian
4 entries- ко́нтешки adj (like a dandy)
- ги́здавец noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- де́нди noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- кицош noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- tewtew adj (like a dandy)
Norwegian
4 entries- dandy adj (like a dandy)
- fett nok adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- kjekk adj (first-rate)
- kjekt adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- dandy noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- laps noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- spradebasse noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- هوپپا noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- даса noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- нялкош noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Polish
4 entries- dandysowaty adj (like a dandy)
- dandy noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- dandys noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- goguś noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Portuguese
4 entries- catita adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- casquilho noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- janota noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- peralta noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Russian
4 entries- де́нди noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- пижо́н noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- фат noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- франт noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dasa noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
- kicoš noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Spanish
4 entries- dandy adj (like a dandy)
- muy bien adj (very good; better than expected but not as good as could be)
- primera clase adj (first-rate)
- boquirrubio noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Turkish
1 entries- züppe noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чепурун noun (man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
In the style of conceited people, he lards his sentences with ill-digested English words. A kind of failed dandy, deprived of class.
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He's a dandy.
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Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
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