picturesque

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɪktʃəˈɹɛsk/

Adjective

picturesque

1. Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.

   We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.

   • 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.

2. Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.

   picturesque language

Synonyms

• quaint
• scenic

Translations

• French: pittoresque
• German: (especially of nature) malerisch; (especially of settlements) pittoresk
• Italian: pittoresco
• Portuguese: pitoresco
• Russian: живопи́сный
• Spanish: pintoresco

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