Meanings
plural handsomenesses
- countableuncountableThe quality of being handsome.
Handsomeness […]is the mere animal excellence, […]beauty […]the mere imaginative.
1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers1 more example
His face looked like worn leather but retained the vestiges of an earlier handsomeness that reminded her of a Hollywood star.
2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 173
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*handuz
- Proto-West Germanic*handu
- Old Englishhand
- Middle Englishhond
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Germanic*samaz
- Middle Englishhondsom
- Englishhandsome
- Englishhandsomeness
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 帥氣 /帅气, 英俊
- 帥氣 /帅气 (shuàiqi)quality of being handsome
- 英俊 (yīngjùn)quality of being handsome
- 俊俏 (jùnqiào)quality of being handsome
- 漂亮 (piàoliang)quality of being handsome
Finnish komeus
- komeusquality of being handsome
German Schönheit
- Schönheitquality of being handsome
Indonesian ketampanan
- ketampananquality of being handsome
Māori purotutanga
- purotutangaquality of being handsome
Polish przystojność
- przystojnośćquality of being handsome
Portuguese beleza
- belezaquality of being handsome
Spanish guapura, apostura
- guapuraquality of being handsome
- aposturaquality of being handsome
Swedish stilighet
- stilighetquality of being handsome
Thai ความหล่อ
- ความหล่อ (kwaam-lɔ̀ɔ)quality of being handsome
Cite this entry
handsomeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handsomeness
“handsomeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handsomeness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handsomeness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handsomeness.
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