diff --git a/changelog.d/170.feature.rst b/changelog.d/170.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c4acbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/170.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Add pretty string representation for matchers objects
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/hamcrest/core/base_matcher.py b/src/hamcrest/core/base_matcher.py
index c1c01ea4..7edc994f 100644
--- a/src/hamcrest/core/base_matcher.py
+++ b/src/hamcrest/core/base_matcher.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from textwrap import shorten
 from typing import Optional, TypeVar
 
 from hamcrest.core.description import Description
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ class BaseMatcher(Matcher[T]):
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return tostring(self)
 
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        """Returns matcher string representation."""
+        return "<{0}({1})>".format(
+            self.__class__.__name__, shorten(tostring(self), 60, placeholder="...")
+        )
+
     def _matches(self, item: T) -> bool:
         raise NotImplementedError("_matches")
 
diff --git a/tests/hamcrest_unit_test/base_matcher_test.py b/tests/hamcrest_unit_test/base_matcher_test.py
index 1817388a..5ad2a610 100644
--- a/tests/hamcrest_unit_test/base_matcher_test.py
+++ b/tests/hamcrest_unit_test/base_matcher_test.py
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ def testMismatchDescriptionShouldDescribeItem(self):
     def testMatchDescriptionShouldDescribeItem(self):
         assert_match_description("was <99>", PassingBaseMatcher(), 99)
 
+    def testMatcherReprShouldDescribeMatcher(self):
+        assert repr(FailingBaseMatcher()) == "<FailingBaseMatcher(SOME DESCRIPTION)>"
+
+    def testMatcherReprShouldTruncateLongDescription(self):
+        class LongDescriptionMatcher(BaseMatcher):
+            def describe_to(self, description):
+                description.append_text("1234 " * 13)
+
+        assert (
+            repr(LongDescriptionMatcher())
+            == "<LongDescriptionMatcher(1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234...)>"
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()