Picturesque

Adjective

 * 1) Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting. scenic
 * We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.
 * 1) *1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
 * 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.

Derived terms

 * picturesquely
 * picturesqueness

Adverbs for Picturesque
highly; uncommonly; magnificently; splendidly; undeniably; wildly; unusually; brilliantly; delightfully; grotesquely; fancifully; fantastically; stupendously; immensely; graphically; singularly; uniquely; oddly; gorgeously; superbly; imposingly; resplend-ently; sublimely; incomparably; unsurpassably; indescribably; unutterably.

Thesaurus
arabesque, attractive, baroque, busy, charming, chichi, colorful, delightful, elaborate, elegant, fancy, fetching, fine, flamboyant, florid, flowery, freehand, frilly, fussy, graphic, high-wrought, idyllic, interesting, intriguing, labored, lovely, luxuriant, luxurious, monochrome, moresque, original, ornate, ostentatious, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overworked, overwrought, painty, pastose, photographic, pictorial, picturable, pictural, pleasing, polychrome, pretty, pretty-pretty, quaint, realistic, rich, rococo, scenic, scenographic, scumbled, striking, unique, unusual, vivid

Alternative forms

 * picture-skew

Etymology
< pittoresco: < pittura:; see picture:.

Translations

 * Chinese: 绘画般的, 逼真的, 栩栩如生的, 生动的
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
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 * Hebrew: ציורי
 * Hungarian:, pittoreszk


 * Italian:
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 * Polish: malowniczy
 * Portuguese: pitoresco, pitoresca
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: живописный
 * Spanish: pintoresco