Nicelooking

Nicelooking is an informal, nonstandard compound adjective formed from the words nice and looking. It is used to describe something that has a visually appealing or attractive appearance. Because it is not standard, style guidance generally favors the hyphenated form nice-looking when used before a noun (a nice-looking car) or the two words nice looking when used predicatively (the car looks nice).

The single-word form nicelooking appears mainly in informal online writing, such as social media posts, chat messages, memes, or as a brand name. In these contexts it can function as an emphatic or playful variant, but it may seem ungrammatical or reduce readability in formal contexts. Examples include sentences like “That outfit is nicelooking” or “The storefront is nicelooking after the renovation,” though more formal writing would typically use the hyphenated or two-word form.

Etymology and usage notes: nicelooking is a neologism formed by concatenating nice and looking. Its reception varies by reader and context; it is better avoided in formal prose but can appear in casual conversation, advertising with a lighthearted tone, or username branding. Related terms include good-looking, attractive, and aesthetically pleasing. In most editorial contexts, adhere to the standard hyphenated form when attributing appearance to a noun, and reserve nicelooking for informal, online registers.