HANDSOME | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of handsome in English
handsome adjective
(ATTRACTIVE )
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handsome adjective
(LARGE AMOUNT )
big They live in a big house in the country. large A large number of people were crowded into the room. great The party was a great success. enormous They bought an enormous house in the suburbs.
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(Definition of handsome from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
handsome | Intermediate English
handsome adjective
(ATTRACTIVE )
handsome adjective
(GENEROUS )
(Definition of handsome from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
Examples of handsome
handsome
First impression: he is pool-hall handsome , good chin, prominent nose, steady eyes, sandy hair combed back, semi-serious sideburns.
Both men were tall and handsome , with matinee-idol good looks and a distinctly patrician air.
Here was this charismatic, incredibly handsome , beautiful, and captivating person -- in other words, everything you want your young poet to be.
So fertile is the underground print-art and poster movement of recent years that a second handsome tome is not only justified but welcome.
Medicine can not continue trying to serve two masters, that of providing affordable health care and turning a handsome profit for its middlemen and providers.
This sounds like a meager recompense for such a handsome outlay.
This past week, some 57 years later, six handsome men gyrated their hips on television, causing another ruckus.
I'm all that and then some, short, dark and handsome .
It was a bit rundown, but it had a handsome old-fashioned back bar and a lot of potential.
But those first few rolls in the hay with the handsome new lover?
He was funny, handsome , kind at heart, physically strong, an extremely devoted father, a loving husband, and a supportive, if occasionally annoying, little brother.
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Translations of handsome
in Chinese (Traditional)
吸引人的, （男子）英俊的，漂亮的, （女子）健美的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
吸引人的, （男子）英俊的，漂亮的, （女子）健美的…
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guapo, apuesto, guapo/pa [masculine-feminine]…
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bonito, belo, considerável…
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देखणा माणूस पारंपारिक पुरुषी पद्धतीने शारीरिकदृष्ट्या आकर्षक असतो., मोठी रक्कम या अर्थी…
yakışıklı, büyük miktarda…
ஒரு அழகான ஆண், ஒரு பாரம்பரிய வழியில் உடல் ரீதியாக கவர்ச்சிகரமானவன்., பெரிய அளவில்…
(पुरुष) आकर्षक, (मात्रा में) बहुत अधिक, अच्छा खासा…
خوبصورت آدمی, پرکشش آدمی, بڑی رقم…
вродливий, чималий, щедрий…
అందగాడు/ సాంప్రదాయమైన, మగవాడిలా శారీరకంగా ఆకర్షణీయంగా ఉండే వ్యక్తి, పెద్ద మొత్తంలో…
đẹp trai, hào phóng, rộng rãi…
przystojny, pokaźny, hojny…
bello, considerevole, generoso…
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