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idyllic

/ɪˈdɪlɪk//aɪˈdɪlɪk/

idyllic adjective: of or pertaining to idylls.

idyllic: of or pertaining to idylls
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Adjective

idyllic (comparative more idyllic, superlative most idyllic)

  1. Of or pertaining to idylls.
    Synonyms:
    sylvan
  2. Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
    • My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.1896, H. G. Wells, “chapter 17”, in The Island of Dr. Moreau
    • The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.1922, John Buchan, “chapter II”, in Huntingtower

Noun

idyllic (plural idyllics)

  1. An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
    • He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.1922, John Buchan, chapter V, in Huntingtower

idyllic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

idyllic in Hindi

आइडिलिक

idyllic in Tamil

ஐடியிலிக்

idyllic in Bengali

আইডিলিক

idyllic in Malayalam

blissful, perfect, wonderful
ശാന്തസുന്ദരമായ, പ്രശാന്തരമണീയമായ, കവിതപോലെ സുന്ദരമായ, അന്യൂനമായ, പ്രശാന്തസുന്ദരമായ, തികഞ്ഞ
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idyllic in Nepali
आइडिलिक

Examples of idyllic in a sentence

  • If you've ever yearned for an idyllic life in the country, then cottagecore is for you.
  • My childhood and boyhood were in idyllic countryside in Singida, Tanzania near Arusha.
  • “He’s an American who overidealizes Paris as a sort of idyllic political and cultural mecca,” Mr.

All 13 example sentences with idyllic

Synonyms of idyllic

Forms of idyllic

Adjective
comparativemore idyllic
superlativemost idyllic
Noun
pluralidyllics

Origin of idyllic

From idyll + -ic.

Words formed from idyllic

Words that rhyme with idyllic

Questions about idyllic

What does idyllic mean?
Idyllic means of or pertaining to idylls.
What is idyllic in Hindi?
Idyllic in Hindi is आइडिलिक. See Idyllic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is idyllic?
Idyllic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce idyllic?
Idyllic is pronounced /ɪˈdɪlɪk/ (UK).

Words near idyllic in the dictionary

  1. idyl
  2. idylist
  3. idylists
  4. idyll
  5. idyllian
  6. idyllic
  7. idyllical
  8. idyllically
  9. idyllicism
  10. idyllics
  11. idyllist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: idyllic (page history and authors); idyllic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); idyllic (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); idyllic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); idyllic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); idyllic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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