Word.ws English Dictionary

eyesome

Syllables: eye·some/ˈaɪsəm/

eyesome adjective: visually attractive.

Adjective

eyesome (comparative more eyesome, superlative most eyesome)

  1. (archaic, often, poetic) Visually attractive.
    • Between the blooms where the sod basked bright,
      By the bobbing fuchsia trees,
      Was another and yet more eyesome sight—
      The sight that richened these.1919, Thomas Hardy, “The Background and the Figure (Lover's Ditty)”, in Moments of Vision
    • Get a load of the "eyesome femininity" at the International Casino, as the Times put it.2004 June 13, David W. Dunlap, “The Crossroads of the Crossroads”, in New York Times, page CY3

eyesome meaning in Tamil

eyesome in Tamil

நோக்குதற்கினிய, நேோக்க இனிமையான

Forms of eyesome

comparativemore eyesome
superlativemost eyesome

Origin of eyesome

From eye + -some. Its meaning is likely influenced by handsome.

Questions about eyesome

What does eyesome mean?
Eyesome means visually attractive.
What is eyesome in Tamil?
Eyesome in Tamil is நோக்குதற்கினிய, நேோக்க இனிமையான. See Eyesome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eyesome?
Eyesome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eyesome?
Eyesome is pronounced /ˈaɪsəm/.

Words near eyesome in the dictionary

  1. eyesights
  2. eyeslit
  3. eyeslits
  4. eyesocket
  5. eyesockets
  6. eyesome
  7. eyesore
  8. eyesores
  9. eyespan
  10. eyespans
  11. eyesplice

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: eyesome (page history and authors); eyesome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “eyesome.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/eyesome. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.