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hunksome

hunksome adjective: characteristic or typical of a hunk (sexually attractive man); hunky.

Adjective

hunksome (comparative more hunksome, superlative most hunksome)

  1. Characteristic or typical of a hunk (sexually attractive man); hunky.
    • “No more being overshadowed by glam-boy elves and hunksome warriors ... Sean Astin's moment to shine is here.”2013, Sean Astin, Joe Layden, There and Back Again
    • A queen from a film about an amazing queen who is massively beautiful, and wise and strong and married to a gnarled old king obsessed with power and money who doesn't see the real her, but then she meets a hunksome knight with humble beginnings who rescues her from a terrifying beast and at the...2016, Beth Moran, The Name I Call Myself

Forms of hunksome

comparativemore hunksome
superlativemost hunksome

Origin of hunksome

From hunk + -some.

Questions about hunksome

What does hunksome mean?
Hunksome means characteristic or typical of a hunk (sexually attractive man); hunky.
What part of speech is hunksome?
Hunksome is an adjective.

Words near hunksome in the dictionary

  1. Hunkpapa
  2. Hunkpapas
  3. hunks
  4. hunks of junk
  5. hunkses
  6. hunksome
  7. hunkvertising
  8. hunky
  9. hunky dory
  10. hunky hand grenade
  11. hunky punk

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