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picturesque

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[ UK /pˌɪkt‍ʃəɹˈɛsk/ ]
[ US /ˈpɪktʃɝəsk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. strikingly expressive
    a picturesque description of the rainforest
  2. 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.
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