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handsoming

handsoming is the present participle and gerund of handsome.

Meaning of handsome

Verb

handsome (third-person singular simple present handsomes, present participle handsoming, simple past and past participle handsomed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To render handsome.

See all 10 meanings of handsome

Questions about handsoming

What is handsoming the present participle and gerund of?
Handsoming is the present participle and gerund of handsome.

Words near handsoming in the dictionary

  1. handsomeness
  2. handsomenesses
  3. handsomer
  4. handsomes
  5. handsomest
  6. handsoming
  7. handsomish
  8. handspan
  9. handspans
  10. handspike
  11. handspikes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handsoming (page history and authors); handsome (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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