tonish
- adjective
- Archaic
:
tonificante
- Her tonish accent and elegant dress made her stand out at the party.
Examples
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He tried to adopt a tonish manner, but it seemed unnatural to his friends.
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The restaurant's tonish decor attracted a wealthy clientele from the city.
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Her dress was quite tonish for the gala.
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He always wears tonish clothes to impress his clients.
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Her tonish outfit was the talk of the town, reflecting her upper-class tastes.
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The gallery opening featured tonish guests dressed in the latest fashion trends.
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He walked into the event wearing a tonish suit that hinted at his affluent background.
Synonyms
85
2.0
Clothes or rooms that look fashionable and attractive
38
6.9
Expensive and stylish in a way that rich people like
18
7.4
Very stylish and expensive-looking, like a fancy car or hotel
14
7.7
Polite and elegant in a way that tries to impress others
4
7.7
Fashionable and showy in a way that seems rich
4
8.4
Having a smart, lively, and slightly bold look or manner
1
9.2
Very stylish and elegant
1
9.6
Looking expensive or stylish in a showy, joking way
A little stylish in a simple modern way
Like rich young people who wear smart, expensive clothes
Being fancy and expensive, liked by rich people
Antonyms
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
tonish = ton (semi-transparent) = ton + ish
Formed by the productive suffix '-ish' added to 'ton' ('the ton' = high society); the derivation is clear if the learner knows the obsolete/specialized noun 'ton', which many will not.
Etymology
Tonish comes from the French phrase bon ton, which means 'good style' or 'good manners' and was used for fashionable high society, and it is like the English word tone, meaning 'style' or 'manner'. So to be tonish is to look or act 'stylish' in an upper-class, slightly old-fashioned way.