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1. (adj.) handsome
having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking:
a handsome boy; a handsome couple.
2. handsome
having pleasing proportions or arrangements, as of shapes or colors; attractive:
a handsome interior.
3. handsome
considerable, ample, or liberal in amount:
a handsome fortune.
4. handsome
gracious; generous:
a handsome compliment.
5. handsome
adroit; graceful:
a handsome speech.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME handsom easy to handle (see hand , -some1))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) 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. (adj) 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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1. (adjective) handsome
(of a male) attractive, good-looking
He was tall and handsome.
2. handsome
(of money) a large amount
a handsome profit
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. handsome
dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons
2. handsome
agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse
3. handsome
suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc
4. handsome
evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous
5. handsome
ample; moderately large
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Sense: (usually of men) good-looking
a handsome prince.
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 Afrikaans: aantreklik, mooi |
 Arabic: وَسيم، جَميل الطَّلْعَه |
 Bulgarian: хубав |
 Brazilian: bonito |
 Czech: hezký |
 German: hübsch |
 Danish: flot; smuk |
 Greek: ωραίος, ελκυστικός |
 Spanish: guapo, hermoso, bien pare |
 Estonian: nägus |
 Farsi: خوش سیما |
 Finnish: komea |
 French: beau |
 Hebrew: נָאֶה |
 Hindi: खूबसूरत, आकर्षक |
 Croatian: lijep, naocit |
 Hungarian: csinos |
 Indonesian: tampan |
 Icelandic: myndarlegur |
 Italian: bello |
 Japanese: 顔立ちのよい |
 Korean: 잘 생긴 |
 Lithuanian: gražus, dailus |
 Latvian: glīts; izskatīgs |
 Malay: kacak |
 Dutch: knap |
 Norwegian: pen, kjekk |
 Polish: przystojny |
 Persian: خوش سیما |
 Pashto: ښكي ، ښايسته ، ګلالي |
 Portuguese: bonito |
 Romanian: frumos |
 Russian: красивый |
 Slovak: pekný |
 Slovenian: lep |
 Serbian: zgodan |
 Swedish: snygg, stilig, vacker |
 Thai: รูปหล่อ |
 Turkish: yakışıklı |
 Taiwanese: 漂亮的，英俊的 |
 Ukrainian: вродливий |
 Urdu: خوبرو |
 Vietnamese: đẹp trai |
 Chinese: 漂亮的，英俊的 |
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