looksome
looksome adjective: characterised or marked by (good) looks; good-looking.
Adjective
looksome (comparative more looksome, superlative most looksome)
- Characterised or marked by (good) looks; good-looking
- Lo and behold, at seven forty, another strapping male was emancipated, about as easily as pouring water out of a boot. A looksome young man, this restless lad, the biggest of the bunch, with two black ears and a left eye patch, and a smudge of tan at the corner of his mouth that looked suspiciously...2006, Mike Gaddis, Zip Zap
- I hain't see so much commotion since Penelope Pennymaker eloped with Seth Jenkins. Penelope is only the purtiest girl in Hootin' Holler. She is right up there with Delilah Poindexter on the looksome scale.2010, Roger Lee Scott, Letters from the Hills
- Synonyms:
- attractive
Examples of looksome in a sentence
- Bubba said the looksome babe magnets in the front and the old married men in the back.2015, MadDog Woods, The Many Concerns of MadDog:
- You be a looksome thang, but you ain't worth dyin' over.2016, Lisa Wingate, The Carolina Heirlooms Collection:
Synonyms of looksome
Forms of looksome
| comparative | more looksome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most looksome |
Origin of looksome
From look + -some.
Questions about looksome
- What does looksome mean?
- Looksome means characterised or marked by (good) looks; good-looking.
- How do you use looksome in a sentence?
- Bubba said the looksome babe magnets in the front and the old married men in the back.
- What part of speech is looksome?
- Looksome is an adjective.
Words near looksome in the dictionary
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