handsome

handsome
adj.
VERBS
be, look
become, grow
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
devastatingly, exceedingly, extraordinarily, incredibly, strikingly

He was young and devastatingly handsome.

almost
classically, darkly, ruggedly

his ruggedly handsome features

PHRASES
tall, dark (and) handsome

a tall, dark, handsome stranger

Handsome is used with these nouns: ↑appearance, ↑chap, ↑couple, ↑dividend, ↑face, ↑feature, ↑fellow, ↑figure, ↑gentleman, ↑girl, ↑house, ↑lad, ↑man, ↑profile, ↑profit, ↑room, ↑salary, ↑stranger, ↑sum, ↑victory, ↑volume, ↑win, ↑woman

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  • Handsome — Hand some (h[a^]n s[u^]m; 277), a. [Compar. {Handsomer} ( [ e]r); superl. {Handsomest}.] [Hand + some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy.] 1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • handsome — ► ADJECTIVE (handsomer, handsomest) 1) (of a man) good looking. 2) (of a woman) striking and imposing rather than conventionally pretty. 3) (of a thing) well made, imposing, and of obvious quality. 4) (of an amount) substantial; sizeable. ●… …   English terms dictionary

  • handsome — [han′səm, hand′səm] adj. [orig., easily handled, convenient < ME handsom: see HAND & SOME1] 1. a) Now Rare moderately large b) large; impressive; considerable [a handsome sum] 2. generous; magnan …   English World dictionary

  • handsome — (adj.) c.1400, handsom easy to handle, ready at hand, from HAND (Cf. hand) (n.) + SOME (Cf. some). Sense extended to fair size, considerable (1570s), then having fine form, good looking (1580s). Meaning generous (in handsome reward, etc.) first… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Handsome — Hand some, v. t. To render handsome. [Obs.] Donne [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • handsome — [adj1] attractive admirable, aristocratic, athletic, august, beautiful, becoming, clean cut, comely, dapper, elegant, fair, fashionable, fine, good looking, graceful, impressive, lovely, majestic, noble, personable, pulchritudinous, robust, sharp …   New thesaurus

  • handsome — index elegant, liberal (generous), magnanimous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • handsome — 1 generous, *liberal, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded, munificent Analogous words: lavish, prodigal, *profuse Contrasted words: niggardly, penurious, *stingy, parsimonious: frugal, economical, *sparing, thrifty: *meage …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • handsome — is applied equally to men and women who are, as Dr Johnson put it, ‘beautiful with dignity’. In current use there is a tendency to use the term of women only when they are middle aged or elderly …   Modern English usage

  • Handsome — For handsome as a quality of appearance see: Physical attractiveness or physical beauty. Infobox Album | Name = Handsome Type = studio Artist = Kilburn and the High Roads Released = 1975 Recorded = 1974 Genre = Rock Length = 40:10 Label = Pye… …   Wikipedia

  • handsome — hand|some [ˈhænsəm] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: handsome easy to handle (15 17 centuries), from hand] 1.) a) a man who is handsome looks attractive = ↑good looking ▪ an extremely handsome young man ▪ Sam was tall, dark and handsome . ▪ his… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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