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- DictionaryChic/SHēk/
adjective
- 1. elegantly and stylishly fashionable: "she looked every inch the chic Frenchwoman"
noun
- 1. stylishness and elegance, typically of a specified kind: "French chic"
1. : smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style. wears her clothes with superb chic. 2. : a distinctive mode of dress or manner associated with a fashionable lifestyle, ideology, or pursuit. wearing the latest in urban chic. New Age chic. 3. : a faddishly popular quality or appeal.
noun. style and elegance, especially in dress: Paris clothes have such chic. stylishness; modishness: the chic of the firstnighters. casual and understated style, as in dress or décor, that expresses a specified trendy lifestyle or activity: Black-rimmed glasses bring some geek chic to your outfit. chic.
noun [ U ] uk / ʃiːk / us / ʃiːk / the quality of being stylish and fashionable: British politicians are not renowned for their chic. A striped top is a simple way of injecting some Parisian chic into your wardrobe. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Something that's chic is fashionable or stylish. If you see a chic outfit in the window of a chic boutique, you might imagine that buying it will make you as chic as a fashion model.
chic. noun [ U ] us / ʃiːk / uk / ʃiːk /. the quality of being stylish and fashionable: British politicians are not renowned for their chic. A striped top is a simple way of injecting some Parisian chic into your wardrobe. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. stylishness, esp in dress; modishness; fashionable good taste. 2. any of various fashion movements based on a particular lifestyle: radical chic; geek chic. [C19: from French, of uncertain origin] ˈchicly adv.
1. adjective. Something or someone that is chic is fashionable and sophisticated. Her gown was very French and very chic. Synonyms: stylish, smart, elegant, fashionable More Synonyms of chic. 2. uncountable noun. Chic is used to refer to a particular style or to the quality of being chic.
