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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.


Example Sentences

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Next to them, Sheepstealer boasts no glorious lineage or handsome metallic scales.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2026

He complimented an Emirati journalist who asked a question, describing the man known as MBZ as a "handsome guy" whom "I can put... right now in a movie".

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Two years from now the band hits the big screen again in Sam Mendes’s four-part biopic series, with the handsome James Norton playing Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Nobody was better at playing a very handsome guy, the center of attention, who was also nonthreatening, not above a bit of slapstick, a little silly—above all, likable.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“Oh, he’s handsome all right,” Juanita’s tone of voice told us exactly how she felt about him.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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