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handsomest


 
  Overview  of  adj  handsome 
 
  The  adj  handsome  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (7)  fine-looking,  good-looking,  better-looking,  handsome,  well-favored,  well-favoured  --  (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  Hellman) 
  2.  (3)  big  bighearted,  bounteous,  bountiful,  freehanded,  handsome,  giving,  liberal,  openhanded  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  handsome 
 
  2  senses  of  handsome 
 
  Sense  1 
  fine-looking,  good-looking,  better-looking,  handsome,  well-favored,  well-favoured 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  beautiful)  ->  ugly 
 
  Sense  2 
  big  bighearted,  bounteous,  bountiful,  freehanded,  handsome,  giving,  liberal,  openhanded 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  generous)  ->  stingy,  ungenerous 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  handsome 
 
  2  senses  of  handsome 
 
  Sense  1 
  fine-looking,  good-looking,  better-looking,  handsome,  well-favored,  well-favoured 
  =>  beautiful  (vs.  ugly) 
 
  Sense  2 
  big  bighearted,  bounteous,  bountiful,  freehanded,  handsome,  giving,  liberal,  openhanded 
  =>  generous  (vs.  stingy) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  handsome 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  handsome 
 
  handsome  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  handsome 
  handsome 
 
  Overview  of  adj  handsome 
 
  The  adj  handsome  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (7)  fine-looking,  good-looking,  better-looking,  handsome,  well-favored,  well-favoured  --  (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  Hellman) 
  2.  (3)  big  bighearted,  bounteous,  bountiful,  freehanded,  handsome,  giving,  liberal,  openhanded  --  (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") 



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