good-looking
[ goo d-loo k-ing ]
/ ˈgʊdˈlʊk ɪŋ /
adjective
of good or attractive appearance; handsome or beautiful: a good-looking young man; a good-looking hat.
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RELATED WORDS
beautiful, clean-cut, comely, attractive, pretty, lovely, fair, impressive, righteous, beauteous, pulchritudinous
Nearby words
- good-hearted,
- good-humored,
- good-humoured,
- good-king-henry,
- good-looker,
- good-natured,
- good-neighbor,
- good-night,
- good-oh,
- good-sized
Origin of good-looking
First recorded in 1770–80
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good-looking
adjective
handsome or pretty
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