picturesque

[US]/ˌpɪktʃəˈresk/
[UK]/ˌpɪktʃəˈresk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. beautiful, like a picture; vivid, lively.

Phrases & Collocations

picturesque scenery

Example Sentences

That was a picturesque phrase.

a picturesque French café.

the picturesque environs of the loch.

We came to a picturesque cottage.

this picturesque village astride the River Coln.

the salad has no regional or picturesque name.

a picturesque city dominated by the cathedral tower.

picturesque villages nestle in the wooded hills.

picturesque villages with olde worlde inns.

ruined abbeys and picturesque villages.

tourists thronged to the picturesque village.

picturesque scenery painted with laborious literalism

You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.

What was once dark, dirty dockland is now highly picturesque and very much a tourist hot-spot.

picturesque, steepled villages; a tiny, steepled church.

He was very skillful at introducing scenic views into his picturesque verses n a seven-syllabled quatrain form.

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