picturesque
indah
definition
adjective
the picturesque covered bridges of New England
visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style.
example
It's the pub's 'picturesque' name for a tasting of five obscure or lesser-known wines.
As we go back in history, language becomes more 'picturesque' .
The author's energetic, often tongue-in-cheek prose style, together with his ability to blend roguish satire, pathos, and 'picturesque' description, had a profound influence upon the popular culture of his day.
The couple's home, which stands in the centre of the 'picturesque' village, is in the same state as it was almost a year ago.
Volume I is a normal book, describing in 'picturesque' language the history of the cheese made at Tillamook.
This has to be one of the most 'picturesque' places in Glasgow to read the weekend papers over a long lunch.
Longchamp is a very 'picturesque' place and Paris has that romantic aura about it.
They enjoy the 'picturesque' location of the Embassy as well as look forward to home cooked Indian food.
South Yorkshire is one of the most 'picturesque' places in the country.
It is to the explanation of the historical origins of that 'picturesque' language that this essay addresses itself.
People like Austrian resorts for their village atmosphere and 'picturesque' settings.
Fire crews feared the worst as a blaze gutted two 'picturesque' cottages in a Cotswold village.
The basin at Canal Head should be a wonderful addition to an already 'picturesque' place.
Halifax, surprisingly, had quite an array of 'picturesque' buildings.
The town has a 'picturesque' harbour where humble and luxurious yachts rub shoulders.
Before we left this 'picturesque' place, we took a photo of the kind family we had lodged with.
And she has also called for harsher penalties for litter louts who mar the city's 'picturesque' streets.
We don't go to Scotland for the weather but when it's like this it is simply the most 'picturesque' place on the planet that I have seen.
There's a shop in the 'picturesque' village that attracts visitors from all over the country.
Properties in the village range from 'picturesque' cottages and council houses to large private homes.
We villagers of Dundrum are extremely lucky to live in such a 'picturesque' place in an area of outstanding beauty.
One of the additional benefits of rowing is that the action usually takes place at 'picturesque' locations, such as lochs and canals.
The 'picturesque' building was neat as a pin, despite being a working farm with Jersey cows and goats.
The village, while it makes a nice 'picturesque' background, is not deeply important.
Wiltshire is home to some of the most 'picturesque' towns and villages in the country, often attracting filmmakers to the county.
His open-ended naturalistic renditions of nature are the product of the mind of this philosopher-artist who layers paint more thoughtfully than 'picturesquely' , and more emotionally than rationally.
But the letter of 17 December is most interesting for its comparison of Naples and Rome, with Rome faring much the worse in terms of its street music: ‘there is absolutely no 'picturesqueness' in the common life of the people.
If so, where does all this 'picturesqueness' stop?
Sydney Harbour on a sunny day really does warrant full marks for 'picturesqueness' .
These sturdy wooden boats mingle 'picturesquely' alongside the quay, while they are relieved of their morning's catch or stocked with sacks of spices.
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