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handsomest definition
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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")
handsomest definition