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handsome

[han-suhm] / ˈhæn səm /




Usage

What are other ways to say handsome?

Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.


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Ester Expósito stars in a screen version of Mercedes Ron’s popular romance novel about a business tycoon’s daughter who—after being kidnapped and then promptly returned—gets a very handsome protector.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Ann Keen was 17 and working in a toilet roll factory in Ewloe, Flintshire, when she was asked out by a handsome salesman.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

I’ve rarely seen Elordi wearing his lanky, handsome screen presence comfortably; something about the actor usually seems to be apologizing for his own existence.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Bankers and management alike will be hoping that the message being sent to investors, that the massive spending on AI capex will generate handsome returns, will persuade them to participate in the equity offering.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Wearing the traditional crisp white barong shirt and often sporting a lei of flowers, he looked fit and handsome and was always smiling.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Whatever the reasons, the local chapter of the Danish Brotherhood constructed a big, sturdy, multiuse building with handsome parapets outside and handsomer parquet flooring inside.

From Seattle Times Apr. 12, 2024

Now, however, he’s finally getting the cinematic recognition he deserves: Chris Pine, who is definitely handsomer than Robert ever was, will star in a new Netflix movie, Outlaw King, to be released Nov. 9.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2018

The 2008 revival of “South Pacific” on Broadway gave the baritone Paulo Szot, who reimagined the role of Emile de Becque in a younger and handsomer vein, an entree to a significant international opera career.

From Washington Post May 26, 2017

There’s even a revisionist version of “Roots” that isn’t more than serviceable but is remarkably more handsome handsomer and better acted than the original.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2016

He was large, sure, and not half as pretty as Finn, but handsome in a different way, handsomer now because of the puffy lip.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Alex Hassell, who plays Rupert, not knowingly undersold in the show as the "handsomest man in England", says that, to his surprise, his on-screen relationship has become a hit with Gen Z.

From BBC May 13, 2026

The Ethiopians are said to be the tallest and handsomest men in the whole world.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Best of all, he gifted us with the handsomest savior in the DC Universe, Eagly.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2022

“He was so warm and funny. My wife thought he was handsomest man in the world, and my son was obsessed with him,” Mr. Gray said.

From New York Times May 10, 2017

My eyes picked Karel immediately from the crowd in front of the church, dressed in top hat and tails as were all the male guests, but incomparably the handsomest there.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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