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picturesque

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pic·tur·esque  (pkch-rsk)
adj.
1. Of, suggesting, or suitable for a picture: picturesque rocky shores.
2. Striking or interesting in an unusual way; irregularly or quaintly attractive: a picturesque French café.
3. Strikingly expressive or vivid: picturesque language.

[Alteration of French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from pittore, painter, from Latin pictor; see Pictor.]

pictur·esquely adv.
pictur·esqueness n.

picturesque
Adjective
1. visually pleasing, as in being striking or quaint: a small picturesque harbour
2. (of language) graphic or vivid [French pittoresque]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.picturesque - suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village"
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.picturesque - strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest"
colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

picturesque
adjective 1. interesting, pretty, beautiful, attractive, charming, scenic, quaint << OPPOSITE unattractive
adjective 2. vivid, striking, graphic, colourful, memorable << OPPOSITE dull
Translations
picturesque [pɪktʃəˈrɛsk] adjpintoresco

picturesque [pɪktʃəˈrɛsk] adjpittoresque

picturesque [pɪktʃəˈrɛsk] picture adjmalerisch

picturesque [pɪktʃəˈrɛsk] adjpittoresco/a

picturesque
adj picturesque [piktʃəˈresk]
(of places) pretty and interesting a picturesque village. prentjiemooi رائِع، بَديع، تَصويري живописен malebný pittoresk; malerisk malerisch γραφικός pintoresco maaliline تماشایی maalauksellinen pittoresque צִיורִי सुरम्य, सुन्दर slikovit festői indah myndrænn; litríkur pittoresco 絵のような 아름다운 gražus, vaizdingas gleznains cantik schilderachtig malerisk, pittoresk malowniczy pitoresco pito­resc живописный malebný slikovit živopisan pittoresk, målerisk, livfull สวย pitoresk, tablo gibi güzel 景色如畫的,別致的 мальовничий دل کش، خوش نما sinh động 景色
adv pictuˈresquely
prentjiemooi بصورَة بَديعَه живописно malebně pittoreskt; maleriskt malerisch γραφικά pintorescamente maaliliselt بطور خوش منظره maalauksellisesti de manière pittoresque בְּצוָּרה צִיוּרִית सुरम्यता, सुंदरता slikovi festői(es)en dengan indah á litríkan/myndrænan hátt in maniera pittoresca 絵のように 그림같이 vaizdingai gleznaini; tēlaini dgn cantik schilderachtig malerisk, pittoresk malowniczo pitorescamente pitoresc живописно malebne slikovito živopisno pittoreskt, måleriskt, livfullt อย่างงดงาม çok güzel şekilde 如畫似地 образно دل کشي سے một cách sinh động
n pictuˈresqueness
prentjiemooiheid رَوْعَه، بداعَه живописност malebnost farverigdom das Malerische γραφικότητα lo pintoresco maalilisus خوش منظره بودن maalauksellisuus pittoresque צִיוּרִיוּת सुरम्यता, सुंदरता opisan festői(es)ség keindahan e-ð sem er litríkt/myndrænt carattere pittoresco 絵のような美しさ 그림같이 아름다움 vaizdingumas gleznainība kecantikan schilderachtigheid det som er malerisk/pittoresk malowniczość pitoresco pitoresc живописность malebnosť slikovitost živopisnost livfullhet ความงาม güzel görünüş, manzara 景色如畫 образність دل کشي، خوش نمائي hình ảnh sinh động 景色


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Hesiod's charm lies in his child-like and sincere naivete, in his unaffected interest in and picturesque view of nature and all that happens in nature.
" The rush of expectant men out of the forecastle, the snatching of hand-spikes, the tramp of feet, the clink of the pawls, make a stirring accompaniment to a plaintive up-anchor song with a roaring chorus; and this burst of noisy activity from a whole ship's crew seems like a voiceful awakening of the ship herself, till then, in the picturesque phrase of Dutch seamen, "lying asleep upon her iron.
And I think that was the vision that had remained with him always, dazzling his eyes so that he could not see the truth; and notwithstanding the brutality of fact, he continued to see with the eyes of the spirit an Italy of romantic brigands and picturesque ruins.
 
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