[
UK
/pˌɪktʃəɹˈɛsk/
]
[ US /ˈpɪktʃɝəsk/ ]
[ US /ˈpɪktʃɝəsk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
strikingly expressive
a picturesque description of the rainforest -
suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture
a picturesque village
How To Use picturesque In A Sentence
- Representing France, Jean-Marc Bustamante conjures a ‘Pavilion of the Amazons,’ which centers on four large color photographs of solitary, unsmiling young women standing in resolutely unpicturesque landscapes.
- The next day she said the landscape as they cruised along the River Rhine was very picturesque with little villages nestling in the hills.
- Sadly now the road is grid-locked most days, the factory is on the verge of closing, the picturesque view of what used to be a boathouse now appears to be a rubbish tip and no-one cares.
- This section of the Umfuli was usually streamlike and picturesque. Rainbow’s End
- Laugharne is a picturesque blend of genteel georgian houses and tiny cottages.
- A sheep dog is the unofficial greeter of Harberton Estancia, a picturesque ranch with red-roofed buildings and rolling terrain.
- The tiny village of Clonegal nestles in a picturesque valley, deep in the lush, rolling countryside where counties Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow meet.
- These "Observations" were the first of a series of volumes by Gilpin on the scenery of Great Britain, composed in a poetic and somewhat over-luxuriant style, illustrated by drawings in aquatinta, and all described on the title page as "Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
- So, have fun eating, drinking and being merry whether it's by a roaring fire or a slightly less picturesque roaring radiator.
- The terraced waterfalls are picturesque against the backdrop of high, green mountains.