handsome

hand·some  (hnsm)

adj. hand·som·er, hand·som·est

1. Pleasing and dignified in form or appearance. See Synonyms at beautiful.

2. Generous or copious: a handsome reward. See Synonyms at liberal.

3. Marked by or requiring skill dexterity: did some handsome maneuvers on the skating rink.

4. Appropriate or fitting: a handsome location for the new school.

5. Large: a handsome price; won by a handsome margin.

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[Middle English handsom, handy : hand, hand (from Old English) + -som, n. suff.; see -some¹.]

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handsome·ly adv.

handsome·ness n.

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handsome

Adjective

1. (esp. of a man) good-looking

2. (of a building, garden, etc.) large, well-made, and with an attractive appearance: a handsome building

3. (of an amount of money) generous or large: a handsome dividend [obsolete handsom easily handled]

handsomely adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	handsome - 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 better-looking, fine-looking, good-looking, well-favored, well-favoured beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
	2.	handsome - 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" bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, giving, openhanded, freehanded, liberal, big generous - willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"

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handsome

adjective 1. good-looking, attractive, gorgeous, fine, stunning, elegant, personable, nice-looking, dishy (informal), chiefly Brit. comely, fanciable, well-proportioned << OPPOSITE ugly

adjective 2. generous, large, princely, liberal, considerable, lavish, ample, abundant, plentiful, bountiful, sizable or sizeable << OPPOSITE mean

Translations

handsome [ˈhænsəm] adj → guapo

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handsome [ˈhænsəm] adj → beau(belle); [gift] → généreux/euse; [profit] → considérable

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handsome [ˈhænsəm] adj → gut aussehend;

(building) → schön;

(gift) → großzügig;

(profit, return) → ansehnlich

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handsome [ˈhænsəm] adj → bello/a; [reward] → generoso/a; [profit, fortune] → considerevole

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handsome

adj handsome [ˈhӕnsəm]

1 (usually of men) good-looking a handsome prince. aantreklik, mooi وَسيم، جَميل الطَّلْعَه хубав hezký flot; smuk hübsch ωραίος,ελκυστικός guapo, hermoso, bien parecido nägus خوش سیما komea beau נָאֶה खूबसूरत, आकर्षक lijep, naocit csinos tampan myndarlegur bello 顔立ちのよい 잘생긴, 멋진 gražus, dailus glīts; izskatīgs kacak knap pen, kjekk przystojny bonito fru­mos красивый pekný lep zgodan snygg, stilig, vacker รูปหล่อ yakışıklı 漂亮的，英俊的 вродливий خوبرو đẹp trai 漂亮的，英俊的

2 very large; generous He gave a handsome sum of money to charity. aansienlike, ruim كبير، سَخِي щедър pěkný anselig; klækkelig beträchtlich γενναιόδωρος generoso, considerable helde هنگفت sievoinen, runsas joli, généreux נָדִיב उदार velikodušan prilican tekintélyes banyak myndarlegur, ríflegur considerevole, generoso たくさんの 상당한, 관대한 gražus prāvs; krietns (par summu u.tml.) banyak knap, mooi, flink, fiks klekkelig, anselig, betydelig pokaźny, hojny generoso frumos, apreciabil значительный poriadny čeden, precejšen pozamašan ansenlig, frikostig เมตตากรุณา büyük miktarda 相當大的, 慷慨的 чималий; щедрий فراخدلانہ hào phóng; rộng rãi 相当大的, 慷慨的

adv handsomely

mooi; ruim بصورة سَخِيَّه хубаво hezky flot; smukt; anseligt stattlich γενναιόδωρα generosamente kenasti سخاوتمندانه komeasti généreusement, élégamment בִּנדִיבוּת उदारता से lijepo, atraktivno, velikodušno szépen, csinosan banyak-banyak myndarlega generosamente 立派に 훌륭하게 gražiai izskatīgi dengan banyak knap, flink, fiks pent, vakkert; betydelig szczodrze generosamnte frumos; generos значительно pekne čedno pozamašno vackert, utan knussel อย่างหล่อ cömertçe 漂亮地,帥氣地 вродливо فراخ دلی سے một cách hào phóng 漂亮地,帅气地

n handsomeness

aantreklikheid; mooiheid سَخاء، وسامَه красота hezký vzhled flothed die Stattlichkeit ωραιότητα guapura, hermosura; generosidad kenadus سخاوت؛ زیبایی komeus beauté, libéralité טוֹב מַראֶה सुंदरता ljepota, pristalost szépség, elegancia ketampanan myndarlegheit bellezza 顔立ちのよさ 수려함 gražumas izskatīgums sifat yang banyak aantrekkelijkheid; vrijgevigheid, gulheid det som er pent/kjekt; sjenerøsitet uroda, szczodrość elegância frumuseţe; genero­zitate значительность pekný vzhľad postavnost, plemenitost pozamašnost stilighet, frikostighet ความหล่อ yakışıklılık 漂亮,英俊 вродливість خوبصورتی vẻ đẹp trai; tính hào phóng 漂亮,英俊