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...)
- (thuộc) tiểu thuyết, như tiểu thuyết; mơ mộng, xa thực tế, lãng mạng
- 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'mæntɪknoun
+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