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handsome meaning in Sanskrit

शृङ्गार śṛṅgāra

/ˈhæn.səm/

handsome in Sanskrit: शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra), वल्गु (valgú), सुरूप (surūpá), चङ्ग (caṅga). In English, handsome means having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly.

Sanskrit words for handsome

handsome, pretty, dainty, fine
शृङ्गार śṛṅgāra
handsome, beautiful, lovely, attractive
वल्गु valgú
handsome
सुरूप surūpá, चङ्ग caṅga, शोभ śobha
handsome, beautiful
रूपवत् rūpavat
handsome, lovely
अन्त ánta
handsome, beautiful, pleasant MBh. Kāv. &c
भव्य bhávya

English meaning of handsome

  1. adjective Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly.
  2. adjective Of a man or boy: attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
  3. adjective Of a woman: statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
  4. adjective Good, appealing, appropriate.

Full definition of handsome

handsome in a sentence

  • That is one handsome tree you've got there.
  • I was struck dumb. Here was the most handsome man I’d ever seen in my life coming out of the surf.
  • She was either handsome or her uniform created a flattering effect but—being very nearsighted—he couldn't tell from this distance.

Synonyms of handsome

handsome in other languages

Questions about handsome in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of handsome in Sanskrit?
Handsome in Sanskrit is शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra), वल्गु (valgú), सुरूप (surūpá), चङ्ग (caṅga).
handsome इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Handsome: शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra), वल्गु (valgú), सुरूप (surūpá), चङ्ग (caṅga).
What does handsome mean in English?
Handsome means having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “handsome”: अन्त, चङ्ग, भव्य, रूपवत्. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: handsome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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