picturesque
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˌpɪk.tʃərˈɛsk/
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pintoresco
- El Dorado is a picturesque city that experienced a population boom in the 1990s.
- picturesque village
- picturesque landscape
- picturesque town
Serene, beautiful, picturesque, quiet, clean, and truly God's country.
- Serene, beautiful, picturesque, quiet, clean, and truly God's country.
- I think Fiji's more like a picturesque.
- And like, I go back now and I'm like, Oh my God, it's so like picturesque and so like slow paced.
Examples
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Two horses with caps on their ears pulled a wine cart past the picturesque medieval church.
Fiction book (2000) -
HUGE WINDOWS open on a serene and picturesque view of the park.
Fiction book (1992) -
So for people who want a picture, Edinburgh is this extremely picturesque town.
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The car is parked in a parking lot across the street from a picturesque bridge.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Last night's storm has given way to an incredibly bright and picturesque morning."
Fiction book (1995) -
"Well, as a matter of fact, I'm from a picturesque little town not far from Oklahoma City," he said.
Fiction book (2001) -
We are returning to the picturesque Pashtun village.
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It is the most picturesque mountain town I've ever seen.
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The small farmhouse, with its snow-shedding roof, was a picturesque building nearly hidden by the trees.
Fiction book (1991) -
The tiny hamlet nestled in the picturesque Hudson Valley was frozen in time.
Synonyms
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1.0
Pleasant to see, hear, or think about
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3.4
Having beautiful natural views like mountains or the coast
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6.6
A very pleasant, peaceful place or time that seems perfect
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9.9
Pleasant to look at, often in a gentle or graceful way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Picturesque
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Picturesque comes from picture and the ending -esque, which means 'in the style of'. So a picturesque place looks like a picture, pretty, quaint, and ready to be painted.