Antonyms for handsomeness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : han-suhm

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæn səm

Definition of handsomeness

Origin : c.1400, handsom "easy to handle, ready at hand," from hand (n.) + -some (1). Sense extended to "fair size, considerable" (1570s), then "having fine form, good-looking" (1580s). Meaning "generous" (in handsome reward, etc.) first recorded 1680s.
[Americans] use the word "handsome" much more extensively than we do: saying that Webster made a handsome speech in the Senate: that a lady talks handsomely, (eloquently:) that a book sells handsomely. A gentleman asked me on the Catskill Mountain, whether I thought the sun handsomer there than at New York. [Harriet Martineau, "Society in America," 1837]
Related: Handsomeness.

As in pulchritude : noun beauty
As in beauty : noun physical attractiveness
As in comeliness : noun attractiveness
As in grandeur : noun great importance

Example sentences :

Druce was lithe, well made and gifted with a sort of Satanic handsomeness.
Extract from : « Little Lost Sister » by Virginia Brooks

The handsomeness was marred by a somberness, a sternness of demeanor.
Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland

And had wondered if handsomeness was a requisite for a statesman in this Administration.
Extract from : « Turns about Town » by Robert Cortes Holliday

"You look all right," he said with a sneer, yet smiling at her handsomeness.
Extract from : « Second String » by Anthony Hope

Lucas silently scowled, and his handsomeness vanished for an instant.
Extract from : « The Roll-Call » by Arnold Bennett

It's most impossible, he will not look with any handsomeness upon a Woman.
Extract from : « Wit Without Money » by Francis Beaumont

Almost all the favourites of James became so from their handsomeness.
Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) » by Isaac Disraeli

Likewise he was good to see—not from the handsomeness of his feathers or his eyes, but from the strength of his physical being.
Extract from : « My Friend Annabel Lee » by Mary MacLane

And upon the handsomeness or ugliness of the faces they saw in the moonlight they pronounced with perfect candor.
Extract from : « Baddeck and That Sort of Thing » by Charles Dudley Warner

She wondered she had overlooked till now the fact that his was distinctly a local and rustic sort of handsomeness.
Extract from : « The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories » by Grant Allen

Synonyms for handsomeness

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