Definitions for handsome
ˈhæn səmhand·some

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured(adj)

   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. big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded(adj)

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. handsome(Verb)

   To render handsome.

2. handsome(Adjective)

   Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

3. handsome(Adjective)

   Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive.

   a handsome man; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.

4. handsome(Adjective)

   Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not typically beautiful.

5. handsome(Adjective)

   Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate.

   a handsome style, etc.

6. handsome(Adjective)

   Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.

7. handsome(Adjective)

   Ample; moderately large.

8. handsome(Adjective)

   Having a good appearance

Origin: compare handzaam.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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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1. Handsome

   Handsome is the debut album of the Ian Dury rock group Kilburn and the High-Roads. The band had apparently originally wanted to call the album No Hand Signals.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Handsome

   han′sum, adj. good-looking, well-proportioned, graceful: with dignity: liberal or noble: generous: ample.—adv. Hand′somely.—n. Hand′someness. [Hand and -some; cf. Dut. handzaam.]

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1. handsome

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'handsome' in Adjectives Frequency: #690

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of handsome in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of handsome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of handsome in a Sentence

1. Chinese Proverb:

   Do not employ handsome servants.

2. Henry Miller:

   The American ideal is youth -- handsome, empty youth.

3. American Proverb:

   You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.

4. Dorothy Parker:

   I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

5. Guru Lekhraj:

   What mother doesn't want her son to be strong, well-built, handsome and smart?

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