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picturesque

UK
/ˌpɪk.tʃərˈɛsk/
US
/ˌpɪk.tʃərˈɛsk/
picturesqueadjective
more picturesque
Comp.
most picturesque
Super.
UK
/ˌpɪk.tʃərˈɛsk/
US
/ˌpɪk.tʃərˈɛsk/
Translations
The village is known for its picturesque scenery.
Деревня известна своими живописными пейзажами.
Definitions
Visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way.
The village was picturesque, with its cobblestone streets and colorful houses.
Of language or style: strikingly vivid and expressive, producing a clear mental image.
The novelist’s picturesque prose made the distant city come alive in the reader’s mind.
Synonyms
charming
photogenic
delightful
striking
attractive
quaint
beautiful
scenic
Antonyms
unattractive
ugly
picturesquenoun
Used almost exclusively with the definite article to denote an aesthetic ideal or category.
Definitions
(usually with the) An aesthetic ideal or style characterized by visually charming, varied, and picturesque qualities; the quality of being picturesque.
In eighteenth-century landscape design, gardeners sought to achieve the picturesque.
picturesqueverb
picturesqued
Past Simple
picturesqued
Past Participle
picturesquing
Gerund
UK
/ˌpɪk.tʃəˈresk/
US
/ˌpɪk.tʃɚˈesk/
Rare, transitive: to represent or depict in a picturesque manner.
Definitions
To represent, describe, or depict in a vividly picturesque manner.
The travel writer picturesqued the coastline, evoking vibrant shades of blue and green.
Synonyms
beautify
adorn
embellish
ornament
dress up
spruce up
scenicize
romanticize
idealize
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