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handsomeness

/ˈhænsəmnəs/

handsomeness noun: the quality of being handsome.

Noun

handsomeness (countable and uncountable, plural handsomenesses)

  1. The quality of being handsome.
    • Handsomeness […]is the mere animal excellence, […]beauty […]the mere imaginative.1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers
    • His face looked like worn leather but retained the vestiges of an earlier handsomeness that reminded her of a Hollywood star.2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 173

handsomeness meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian

handsomeness in Tamil

அழகு

handsomeness in Urdu

حسن, جمال, خوش روئی, خوبی, وجاہت

handsomeness in Kannada

ಲಕ್ಷಣ, ಅನುಕೂಲತೆ, ಸೌಕರ್ಯ, ಸರಿಹೊಂದಿಕೆ, ಹೊಂದಾಣಿಕೆ, ಔದಾರ್ಯ

handsomeness in Indonesian

quality of being handsome
ketampanan
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handsomeness in Thai
ความหล่อ kwaam-lɔ̀ɔ

Forms of handsomeness

pluralhandsomenesses

Origin of handsomeness

From handsome + -ness.

Words formed from handsomeness

Questions about handsomeness

What does handsomeness mean?
Handsomeness means the quality of being handsome.
What is handsomeness in Tamil?
Handsomeness in Tamil is அழகு. See Handsomeness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is handsomeness?
Handsomeness is a noun.
How do you pronounce handsomeness?
Handsomeness is pronounced /ˈhænsəmnəs/.
What is the plural of handsomeness?
The plural of handsomeness is handsomenesses.

Words near handsomeness in the dictionary

  1. handsome is as handsome does
  2. handsome is that handsome does
  3. handsomed
  4. handsomeish
  5. handsomely
  6. handsomeness
  7. handsomenesses
  8. handsomer
  9. handsomes
  10. handsomest
  11. handsoming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handsomeness (page history and authors); handsomeness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); handsomeness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); handsomeness (Kannada 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.

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