handsome

US: /ˈhænsəm/

UK: /hˈændsʌm/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

handsome /'hænsəm/
  • tính từ
    • đẹp
      • a handsome man: người đẹp trai
    • tốt đẹp, rộng rãi, hào phóng, hậu hĩ
      • a handsome treament: cách đối xử rộng rãi, hào phóng
    • lớn, đáng kể
      • a handsome fortune: tài sản lớn
    • handsome is that handsome does
      • đẹp nết hơn đẹp người; xét người bằng việc làm đừng xét qua lời nói

Advanced English dictionary

+ adjective (handsomer, handsomest)
Help Note: more handsome and most handsome are more common
1 (of men) attractive
Synonym: GOOD-LOOKING
a handsome face + He's the most handsome man I've ever met. + He was aptly described as 'tall, dark, and handsome'.
2 (of women) attractive, with large strong features rather than small delicate ones: a tall, handsome woman + The bride and groom made a handsome couple.
3 beautiful to look at: a handsome horse / house / city + The two of them made a handsome couple.
4 large in amount or quantity: a handsome profit + He was elected by a handsome majority (= a lot of people voted for him). + a handsome cheque / salary
5 generous: She paid him a handsome compliment. + It was very handsome of him to pay for the meal.
handsomely adverb: a handsomely dressed man + a handsomely produced book + to be paid / rewarded handsomely
handsomeness noun [U]

Thesaurus dictionary

adj.
1 good-looking, fine-looking, attractive, fair, comely:
He's handsome enough to be a movie star.
2 generous, sizeable, large, big, substantial, considerable, good, goodly, ample, abundant:
She has made a handsome profit on the painting.

Collocation

VERBS

be, look | become, grow

ADV.

devastatingly, exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, incredibly, strikingly, very, wonderfully
He was young and devastatingly handsome.
| almost | quite, rather | classically, darkly, elegantly, ruggedly, youthfully
his ruggedly handsome features

PHRASES

tall, dark (and) handsome
a tall, dark, handsome stranger


Concise dictionary

handsomer|handsomest'hænsəm
adj.
+pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
+given or giving freely

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