A big word for good looking

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  1. fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favouredadjective

    pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

    «a fine-looking woman»; «a good-looking man»; «better-looking than her sister»; «very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome»- Thackeray; «our southern women are well-favored»- Lillian Hellman

    Synonyms:
    bounteous, giving, big, better-looking, openhanded, bighearted, well-favoured, bountiful, fine-looking, liberal, handsome, freehanded, well-favored

    Antonyms:
    ugly

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  1. List of paraphrases for «good-looking»:

    handsome, beautiful, cute, pretty, nice, beau, beauty, lovely, attractive, good-iooking

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How to use good-looking in a sentence?

  1. James Cagney:

    Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.

  2. Tom Harkin:

    Well, I (got to) thinking about that. I don’t care if she’s as good-looking as Taylor Swift or as nice as Mr. Rogers, but if she votes like Michele Bachmann, she’s wrong for the state of Iowa.

  3. Jodie Sweetin:

    People always asked, ‘Oh my God, wasn’t John Stamos so cute?’ i’ve known John since I was 5. I’ve seen him roll into work in old T-shirts and sweatpants with holes in them, and not looking all that cute. He was always just John to me. I know him too well to think he’s hot. He’s a big dork and I love him. You get to know people so well that you’re like, ‘Oh my God! No, no, no,’ when it comes to that stuff. I know he is good-looking, but I’ve seen some things, and that would be like having a weird crush on your uncle.

  4. Alicia Nash:

    He was very, very good looking, very intelligent, it was a little bit of a hero worship thing.

  5. Subhankar Goldar:

    Thankfully, we could locate this woman’s family through a contact. (They) needed a lot of counseling before they filed a missing report with the police, because they were convinced that their daughter was happily married to this young, good-looking, rich guy.


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  • جميل المظهرArabic
  • attraktiv, schön, hübschGerman
  • خوش‌قیافه, خوش‌چهرهPersian
  • hyvännäköinenFinnish
  • sympathique, beau, joli, belle, sympaFrench
  • jól néz kiHungarian
  • かっこいいJapanese
  • 멋있다Korean
  • glītsLatvian
  • bem-apessoado, bem-afeiçoadoPortuguese
  • хорошенький, симпатичный, привлекательныйRussian
  • snyggSwedish

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Other forms: best-looking; better-looking

Definitions of good-looking

  1. adjective

    pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

    “a
    good-looking man”

    synonyms:

    better-looking, fine-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured

    beautiful

    delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

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[ goodlook-ing ]

/ ˈgʊdˈlʊk ɪŋ /

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adjective

of good or attractive appearance; handsome or beautiful: a good-looking young man; a good-looking hat.

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Origin of good-looking

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby good-looking

good Joe, Good-King-Henry, good life, good listener, good-looker, good-looking, good looks, good luck, good luck charm, goodly, goodman

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Words related to good-looking

attractive, beautiful, clean-cut, comely, lovely, pretty, beauteous, fair, impressive, pulchritudinous, righteous

How to use good-looking in a sentence

  • The Virus The man was young, in his 20s or 30s, “good looking,” and visibly afraid.

  • And with younger men, as my mother always said, ‘You need to be the good-looking one.’

  • And with younger men, as my mother always said, “You need to be the good-looking one.”

  • Leonardo DiCaprio is always playing them, they are always good looking, they are always glamorous.

  • When asked to elaborate about other strategies he is exploring to attract more female players, he joked: “Good-looking guys.”

  • As a good-looking young bachelor, though a detrimental, he had been very popular.

  • He was good-looking, as far as regularity of features and a well-formed figure went, but mentally not much to boast of.

  • He was a big man, and looked bigger than he was; good-looking too; ruddy, portly, well-dressed and formal.

  • He was a dark-browed, good-looking youngster of nineteen, greatly resembling his mother, but with ten times her impetuosity.

  • He was living there in modest retirement with his mother and his two good-looking young nieces, who served us at table.

British Dictionary definitions for good-looking

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Словосочетания

good looks — красота, миловидность
be in good looks — хорошо выглядеть
to be in good looks — хорошо выглядеть
lose one’s good looks — дурнеть
he preened himself on his good looks — он гордился своей внешностью
an actress known for her striking good looks — актриса, которая славится своей потрясающей красотой
a young actor known for his wholesome good looks — молодой актёр, который известен своей здоровой красотой
a famous actor who is known for his craggy good looks — знаменитый актёр, который известен своей грубоватой красотой
to lose one’s hair [one’s sight, one’s health, one’s memory, one’s good looks] — потерять волосы [зрение, здоровье, память, привлекательность]
a model who owes his striking good looks to his markedly piebald ethnic background — манекенщик, который обязан своей поразительной красотой явно разношёрстному этническому происхождению

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Автоматический перевод

внешность, красота, привлекательная внешность, приятная внешность, хороший внешний вид, хорошая внешность, симпатичная внешность

Перевод по словам

good  — хороший, добрый, благой, хорошо, добро, благо, польза
look  — взгляд, вид, взор, внешность, выглядеть, смотреть, посмотреть, поискать

Примеры

You get your good looks from your mother.

Красота у тебя от матери. / Красотой ты вся в мать.

Her good looks were unmistakably going off.

Не было сомнения, что она подурнела.

People are attracted to his rugged good looks.

Людей привлекает его суровая внешность.

Her good looks attract the stares of many men.

Её красота привлекает взгляды многих мужчин.

His striking good looks always created a sensation.

Его поразительная красота всегда производила фурор.

I hope you don’t think good looks a disqualification for the business.

Надеюсь, что вы не думаете, что приятная внешность — помеха для дела.

All she has going for her are her good looks. *

Она берет только своей внешностью.

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His boyish good looks made him a favourite with the ladies.  

As children, we were dazzled by my uncle’s good looks and charm.  

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FYI, Carlos, «goo» is a big word for «icky stuff.»



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