Meaning Of Good-looking In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of good-looking in English good-lookingadjective (also good looking, goodlooking) uk /ˌɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/ us /ˌɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/ comparative better-looking or better looking | superlative best-looking or best looking Add to word list Add to word list A2 A good-looking person is physically attractive: Her new boyfriend is very good-looking. Some people get better looking as they get older. Who do you think is the best-looking politician? Compare beautiful handsome pretty adjective a beautiful person, painting, sight, etc.

• beautifulI've never seen a more beautiful view in my life.
• attractiveHer husband is really attractive.
• good-lookingI think they're very good-looking.
• handsomeHe's so handsome.
• prettyYour daughter is very pretty.
• gorgeousYou look gorgeous in that dress!

See more results » A good-looking product or other object is pleasant and interesting to look at: It's such a good-looking car that it's rapidly becoming a classic. The area offers good-looking, comfortable homes with spacious gardens. It's a better-looking phone than the previous model. If something such as an offer is good-looking, it attracts you because it seems likely to succeed or benefit you: The company has some good-looking assets under development. These mortgages are among the best-looking deals around.

• Their son was tall and strikingly good looking.
• When I meet a good-looking girl I'm too shy to speak.
• Goodlooking people are more likely to get hired.
• This is one of the best-looking computer games money can buy.
• We found Dublin a good-looking city with a lot to offer.

Attractive

• adorable
• adorably
• adorbs
• aesthetic
• aesthetically
• disarming
• disarmingly
• distinguished
• dreamy
• drop-dead gorgeous
• lovely
• lusciously
• magnetically
• magnificent
• majestic
• suavely
• suit
• super-cute
• tasteful
• tastefully

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Successful (things or people) (Definition of good-looking from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

good-looking | American Dictionary

good-lookingadjective us/ˈɡʊdˈlʊk·ɪŋ/ Add to word list Add to word list attractive and pleasant to look at (Definition of good-looking from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of good-looking

good-looking It will not help now to learn that there are people in the world who care for men who are not good-looking 'go-getters'. From the Cambridge English Corpus And this is so in spite of the fact that the words "witty," "good-looking," and "funny" are all quite vague. From the Cambridge English Corpus Those who are fair-skinned, those who are good-looking, those who smiled, and made others smile - if they sing like that, just remember that rickshaw drivers can sing just as well. From the Cambridge English Corpus He will provide regular, good-looking accounts and defraud many innocent people of large sums of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A farmer sometimes gets hold of a good-looking mare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have put up some good-looking figures concerning what they are going to do in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like a man having a good-looking suit of clothes on, but no underclothes, in cold weather. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had no idea until this afternoon what an astonishingly good-looking band of men and women sit opposite me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Managers are instructed to get good-looking salesmen—if possible those with wavy hair—and neatly dressed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am the youthful, good-looking person at the top right-hand corner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The important thing in a home is that the furniture should be good-looking and lasting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is a good-looking young man and is perfectly ready to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be eagerly snapped up and be a boon to women who like to have a fairly good-looking type of garment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody can build a lovely home or a good-looking factory merely by means of planning legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Give way to the good-looking one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of good-looking These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of good-looking?

Translations of good-looking

in Chinese (Traditional) 好看的，漂亮的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 好看的，漂亮的… See more in Spanish guapo, guapo/apa [masculine-feminine], bien parecido/ida [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese bonito, de boa aparência, bonito/-ta… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian सुस्वरूप, देखणा, देखणी… See more （顔が）かっこいい, きれいな, 顔立（かおだ）ちのよい… See more yakışıklı, çekici, güzel… See more beau/belle, beau… See more guapo… See more mooi, knap… See more ஒரு நல்ல தோற்றமுடைய ஆண் அல்லது பெண் உடல் ரீதியாக கவர்ச்சிகரமானவர்கள்.… See more (स्त्री या पुरुष) अच्छा दिखने वाला / वाली… See more દેખાવડું… See more køn, smuk, se godt ud… See more snygg, vacker… See more cantik, kacak… See more gut aussehend… See more pen, kjekk, som tar seg godt ut… See more پرکشش… See more привабливий… See more అందం… See more একজন সুদর্শন পুরুষ বা মহিলা শারীরিকভাবে আকর্ষণীয়… See more hezký, pohledný… See more rupawan… See more มีหน้าตาดี… See more ưa nhìn, dễ coi… See more atrakcyjny, przystojny… See more 잘 생긴, 예쁜… See more bello, di bell’aspetto… See more Need a translator?

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