Collocations with "rather"

Indicates a moderate or surprising degree of interest.

An intensifier, often implying surprise or understatement, meaning 'to a certain extent' awful.

Indicates that something is more normal than expected, sometimes with a slight sense of disappointment.

Indicates a moderate or slight feeling of disgust.

To a certain extent, sad and lonely.

Indicates a surprisingly or impressively magnificent quality, often with a formal or understated tone.

Suggests something is splendid to a significant degree, common in British English.

Suggests something is academic to a noticeable degree.

Used to express that something is quite or impressively surprising, often used in American English.

Moderates the meaning, often with a tone of negative surprise or understatement.

Indicates a moderate degree of dejection.

To moderately emphasize the emptiness of a place.

Somewhat or to some degree disreputable.

Indicates a moderate level of distress, often with a sense of understatement.

To be extravagant to some degree.

Indicates that something is somewhat faint or not very clear.

Suggests that something is somewhat or to a certain degree pointless.

Quite gloomy; often implying something is more gloomy than expected.

Somewhat willing or likely to do something.

Suggests that the outcome was disappointingly inconclusive.

Indicates a moderate degree of ineptitude.

Somewhat or fairly philosophical in nature.

Indicates that something has little purpose, often implying mild surprise or disappointment.

Indicates a moderate or understated level of regret.

to a certain extent, stunned

Somewhat better, often used to show disapproval of someone's attitude.

A slightly more formal way to say something is moderately or significantly terrible, can also express surprise.

Indicates a moderate or considerable degree of uncertainty.