Synonyms for handsomeness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : han-suhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæn səm |
Top 10 synonyms for handsomeness Other synonyms for the word handsomeness
- adorableness
- allure
- allurement
- amplitude
- attraction
- augustness
- beauteousness
- beauty
- bloom
- celebrity
- circumstance
- class
- comeliness
- distinction
- elegance
- elevation
- eminence
- expansiveness
- exquisiteness
- fairness
- fame
- fascination
- fineness
- glamor
- good looks
- greatness
- handsomeness
- immensity
- impressiveness
- inclusiveness
- loftiness
- loveliness
- luxuriousness
- magnificence
- majesty
- might
- nobility
- opulence
- physical attractiveness
- polish
- pomp
- preeminence
- prettiness
- pulchritude
- refinement
- richness
- shapeliness
- splendor
- state
- stateliness
- style
- sublimity
- sumptuousness
- superbity
- sway
- symmetry
- transcendency
- vastness
- winsomeness
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for handsomeness
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