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handsome::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, liberal, openhanded |
a handsome allowance.
handsome::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | better-looking, fine-looking, good-looking, well-favored, well-favoured |
| Derivation | handsomeness |
very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome.
Examples of handsome
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He's a real handsome guy, got a really beautiful wife, they make a great couple.
From the sacbee.com
He is a handsome guy who is litterbox trained and would make a great family pet.
From the stltoday.com
Those returns still look handsome, but they are potentially about to be slashed.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
I feel sometimes though that handsome men and pretty women face the same demons.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Ben Barnes is among the most handsome, charismatic young leading men in Britain.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The dream of marrying a handsome prince is, for most little girls, just a dream.
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Across the street is a gas station that replaced a handsome, but vacant, church.
From the timesunion.com
He didn't turn into a handsome prince but what an introduction to the Kimberley.
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I have heard men who were handsome complain about it as a positive disadvantage.
From the theatlantic.com
- Fine-looking: pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian ...
- Big: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
- (handsomely) in an attractively handsome manner; "the volume was handsomely bound"
- (handsomeness) the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
- Handsome is the debut album of the Ian Dury rock group Kilburn and the High-Roads.
- Handsome is the only studio album by Handsome and was produced by Terry Date.
- Handsome was a "supergroup" containing former Helmet guitarist Peter Mengede, ex-Quicksand guitarist Tom Capone, cro-mags drummer Pete Hines, bassist Eddie Nappi and vocalist Jeremy Chatelain, who also played bass in Jets To Brazil. ...
- (Handsomeness) Physical attractiveness is the perception of the physical traits of an individual as being aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. The term often implies sexual attractiveness.
- To render handsome; Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons; Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though ...
