Reverse Dictionary: NICE

ADJECTIVES
► APPLES AND RICE nice; usually used in an ironic sense → 1940s rhyming sl.
► BRIEF nice, elegant → 1893 African-American
► CLEAN-FINGERED with clean or nimble fingers; honest, scrupulous, nice → 1558
► COCKY nice; attractive → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRISS attractive, fashionable, smart; good, nice → 1954 sl., chiefly Jamaican
► DALLY good, kind, nice, sweet → 2002 UK sl.
► DAP nice → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► DARLING charming, sweet, nice → 1805 UK sl.
► DENK ► DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DOUBLE BITCHIN really nice → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► FAT nice; good → 20C teen & high school sl.
► FONKY nice → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► KLIPPY nice and neat → 1920s US sl.
► MOOSH nice, pleasant → 1973 S. Afr. sl.
► MUSHY nice, pleasant → 1987 S. Afr. sl.
► NAMBY-PAMBY easygoing; over-nice → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► NIZE nice → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PRETTY SCARY nice; good; ‘cool’ → 1970 US students’ sl.
► PURE fine, good, excellent, nice → 1609 obs.
► QUEEM prim, affectedly nice; over-fastidious → 1924 Sc.
► QUIM prim, affectedly nice → 20C Irish sl.
► SCRUMBOTIOUS first-class, nice, fastidious; particular, excellent, fine, delightful → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRUMPTIOUS nice, excellent, fine → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SYMPATHISCH likeable, pleasant, nice → 1911
► TASSY nice, pleasant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOUGH nice-looking → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► PRETTILY politely, nicely, in a well-behaved manner → c1613
► SIZELY nicely, daintily → 1575 obs.

INTERJECTIONS
► LOVELY GRUB! very nice indeed! → 1939 Brit., orig. services’ usage

NOUNS
► CHUNK something nice, or fairly good → 1893 Amer. dial.
► NICELING a nice thing → 1884 arch.

NOUNS – PERSON
► NICELING a very fastidious or overnice person or critic; a hair-splitter → 1549 obs.
► SUPERGOPHER a pleasant companion, a nice guy → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)