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scenic

/ˈsiːnɪk/

scenic adjective: having beautiful scenery; picturesque.

Adjective

scenic (comparative more scenic, superlative most scenic)

  1. having beautiful scenery; picturesque
    • We have plenty of time: let's take the scenic route.
    • Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton.1954, Wallace Stegner, Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 170
  2. of or relating to scenery
  3. dramatic; theatrical

Noun

scenic (plural scenics)

  1. A depiction of scenery.
  2. (informal) A scenic artist; a person employed to design backgrounds for theatre etc.

scenic meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

scenic in Tamil

காட்சிக்குரிய

scenic in Bengali

নাটুকে, নাটীয়

scenic in Malayalam

pretty, picturesque, pleasing
പ്രകൃതിദൃശ്യത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, നാടകീയമായ, സുചിത്രോപമമായ, ചിത്രോപമസുന്ദരമായ, സുചിത്രിതമായ, ആകർഷകമായ

scenic in Kannada

ಸುಂದರ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳ, ರಂಗಸ್ಥಳದ, ಚಿತ್ರಮಯವಾದ

Examples of scenic in a sentence

  • It took you a long time to fetch that tool! Did you take the scenic route?
  • Two 4-4-0s were steaming through the scenic foothills, giving rides to tourists.
  • There was too much traffic on the highway, so I used a back road. It was very scenic, but I had to keep the speed down.

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Forms of scenic

Adjective
comparativemore scenic
superlativemost scenic
alternative form (obsolete)scenick
Noun
pluralscenics

Origin of scenic

From Middle French scénique, from Latin scēnicus, alternative form of scaenicus (“of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical, scenic”), from Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”).

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Questions about scenic

What does scenic mean?
Scenic means having beautiful scenery; picturesque.
What is scenic in Tamil?
Scenic in Tamil is காட்சிக்குரிய. See Scenic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scenic?
Scenic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce scenic?
Scenic is pronounced /ˈsiːnɪk/.

Words near scenic in the dictionary

  1. scenetics
  2. scenework
  3. scenewright
  4. scenewrights
  5. sceney
  6. scenic
  7. scenic design
  8. Scenic Rim
  9. scenic route
  10. scenic routes
  11. scenical

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scenic (page history and authors); scenic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scenic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scenic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); scenic (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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