romantic

US: /ɹoʊˈmæntɪk/

UK: /ɹə‍ʊmˈæntɪk/



English - Vietnamese dictionary

romantic /rə'mæntik/
  • tính từ
    • (thuộc) tiểu thuyết, như tiểu thuyết; mơ mộng, xa thực tế, lãng mạng
      • a romantic girl: cô gái mơ mộng
      • a romantic tale: câu chuyện lãng mạng
      • the romantic school: trường phái lãng mạng
    • viển vông, hão huyền, không thực tế, ảo tưởng (kế hoạch...)
    • danh từ
      • người lãng mạn; nhà thơ lãng mạng, nhà văn lãng mạng
      • (số nhiều) những ý nghĩ lãng mạn viển vông; những lời nói viển vông


    Advanced English dictionary

    adjective, noun
    + adjective
    1 connected or concerned with love or a sexual relationship: a romantic candlelit dinner + romantic stories / fiction / comedy + I'm not interested in a romantic relationship.
    2 (of people) showing feelings of love: Why don't you ever give me flowers? I wish you'd be more romantic.
    3 beautiful in a way that makes you think of love or feel strong emotions: romantic music + romantic mountain scenery + romantic images of deserted beaches
    4 very imaginative and emotional; not looking at situations in a realistic way: a romantic view of life + When I was younger, I had romantic ideas of becoming a writer.
    5 (Romantic) [usually before noun] used to describe literature, music or art, especially of the 19th century, that is concerned with strong feelings, imagination and a return to nature, rather than reason, order and INTELLECTUAL ideas: the Romantic movement + poets / composers of the Romantic period + Keats is one of the greatest Romantic poets.
    romantically adverb: to be romantically involved with sb + Their names have been linked romantically. + He talked romantically of the past and his youth.
    + noun
    1 a person who is very imaginative and emotional, and who has ideas and hopes that may not be realistic: an incurable romantic + He was a romantic at heart and longed for adventure.
    2 (Romantic) a writer, a musician or an artist who writes, etc. in the style of Romanticism

    Thesaurus dictionary

    adj.
    1 imaginary, imagined, fictitious, fictional, ideal, idealized, fancied, fabulous, made-up, dreamed-up, dreamt-up, fantasized, fanciful, fairy-tale, mythical, idyllic, Utopian, illusory:
    Vivian isn't a real person - she's just Howard's romantic notion of the girl he wants to marry
    2 impractical, visionary, fictitious, unpractical, unrealistic, ideal, abstract, quixotic, chimerical, absurd, extravagant, wild, crackpot, mad:
    She had romantic notions of how she would be running her own international business by the time she was thirty
    3 nostalgic, sentimental, emotional, sweet, tender, picturesque, exotic, glamorous; mawkish, maudlin, saccharine, Colloq soppy, sugary, mushy, sloppy:
    I can think of a lot more romantic places than a hamburger bar to eat on our anniversary. Fred hates it when I get too romantic
    4 amorous, affectionate, aroused, impassioned, passionate, libidinous, lustful, over-friendly, Colloq lovey-dovey; fresh:
    After a drink or two Mike starts getting romantic - if you know what I mean.
    n.
    5 romanticist, dreamer, Don Quixote, visionary, idealist, sentimentalist:
    I've never lost my taste for soft lights and sweet music - I suppose I'm just a romantic at heart.


    Collocation

    ADJ.

    great, true | old | incurable

    PHRASES

    be a romantic at heart

    1 showing/causing feelings of love

    VERBS

    be, feel, seem, sound | become, get
    You're getting quite romantic in your old age!

    ADV.

    extremely, incredibly, intensely, terribly, very, wildly, wonderfully | not at all | quite, rather

    2 imaginative and emotional, not realistic

    VERBS

    be, seem

    ADV.

    extremely, highly, very
    highly romantic notions of honour
    | hopelessly, ridiculously
    Their dreams of love and marriage are hopelessly romantic.
    | rather



    Concise dictionary

    romanticsrə'mæntɪk
    noun
    +a soulful or amorous idealist
    +an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
    adj.
    +belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
    +expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
    +not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic


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