picturesque
/ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/
picturesque adjective: resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
Adjective
picturesque (comparative more picturesque, superlative most picturesque)
- Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
- We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.
- A two minutes' walk brought Warwick—the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him—to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, “A Stranger from South Carolina”, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 3
- Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.
- picturesque language
picturesque meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
picturesque in Hindi
- सुरम्य
picturesque in Tamil
- மிக அழகான, கண்கவர்
picturesque in Urdu
- دل آویز, دلکش, خوش نما
picturesque in Telugu
- picturesque, pretty
- చిత్రము citramu
More languagesFewer languages
- picturesque in Malayalam
- സുചിത്രിതമായ, ശൃംഗാരമായ, മനോഹരമായ, ചിത്രം പോലുള്ള
- picturesque in Kannada
- ಚಿತ್ರದಂಥ, ಚಿತ್ರಯೋಗ್ಯ, ಆಕರ್ಷಕವಾದ, ಚಿತ್ರಸದೃಶ
- picturesque in Vietnamese
- đẹp như tranh
Examples of picturesque in a sentence
- The cozy bed and breakfast was located in a picturesque, bucolic setting, offering guests a chance to escape the city and enjoy the simple pleasures of the countryside.
- And in Paris, Wick has a meeting with the Marquis, the Eiffel Tower providing a picturesque backdrop.
- From the ground, they catch and scatter the light of Matano in picturesque ways.
Synonyms of picturesque
Forms of picturesque
| comparative | more picturesque |
|---|---|
| superlative | most picturesque |
| alternative form (humorous) | picture-skew |
Origin of picturesque
From picture + -esque, a calque of French pittoresque, from picture (“a picture, painting”).
Words formed from picturesque
Questions about picturesque
- What does picturesque mean?
- Picturesque means resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
- What is picturesque in Hindi?
- Picturesque in Hindi is सुरम्य. See Picturesque meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is picturesque?
- Picturesque is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce picturesque?
- Picturesque is pronounced /ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/.
Words near picturesque in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: picturesque (page history and authors); picturesque (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); picturesque (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); picturesque (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చిత్రము (Telugu) (page history and authors); picturesque (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); picturesque (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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