"I am a great advocate for timidity—and I am sure one does not often meet with it.—But in those who are at all inferior, it is extremely prepossessing."
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Prepossessing
Synonyms for "prepossessing" (79 found)
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6 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- предразполагащ adj (tending to invite favour; attractive)
- привлекателен adj (tending to invite favour; attractive)
Dutch
1 entries- aangenaam adj (tending to invite favour; attractive)
French
1 entries- avenant adj (tending to invite favour; attractive)
Russian
2 entries- прия́тный adj (tending to invite favour; attractive)
- располага́ющий adj (tending to invite favour; attractive)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.
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These natural graces in the quadroon are often united with beauty of the most dazzling kind, and in almost every case with a personal appearance prepossessing and agreeable.
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In repose the faces of the men were intelligent and dignified, those of the women ofttimes prepossessing.
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