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Good-looking comes from to look good (e.g.
It is used to talk about people who have a pleasing appearance. Although good-looking is a little more suggestive of romantic intentions than the word attractive, it does not necessarily denote romantic interest. Good-looking is one of the most common ways to describe a person who is attractive. This is a word you might use to talk about a person (to objectively describe someone as good-looking) and not to a person your interested in.Ĥ. It does not necessarily denote romantic interest. Attractive is the most generic and objective way to say that another person has a pleasing appearance. Adore as a verb, however, means to have a deep love and respect for someone.ģ. It’s a way to talk about a lighter, more playful form of beauty that can be applied to pets, babies/kids, and people for whom you may or may not have a romantic attraction. Adorable has the same sense as cute, but it’s a bit stronger. To call somebody cute is often the first phase of romantic interest, but it can also be confused with a plutonic/NON-romantic love.Ģ. Cute can be used to describe a dog, a baby, or a person you are attracted to in a romantic or non-romantic way. *Organized from innocent to more suggestive of romantic and/or sexual interestġ. By creating a rich vocabulary, you enrich your English and sound much more natural. Your native language probably has an elaborate selection of words to describe beauty and attraction, but you probably only know a few in English. Pay attention to the Etymology of some of the words below.įREE Guide: 101 Words You Won’t Learn in School This rich mix of different tongues and the evolution of English (much thanks to our friend Shakespeare) has made English the beautiful mélange that it is today.
Do you have a hard time finding different ways to describe beautiful and attractive things, experiences, and people?Įnglish has so many ways to say the same thing.