Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
Used in a Sentence
picturesque
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for picturesque.
Editorial note
The north bay is also an outlet for the Sacramento River so the water is deep and some of the surrounding land quite picturesque.
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Parts of speech1
Quick take
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of picturesque gathered in one view.
(figurative, by extension) Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for picturesque.
adjective
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
adjective
(figurative, by extension) Strikingly graphic or vivid; having striking and vivid imagery.
Example sentences
The north bay is also an outlet for the Sacramento River so the water is deep and some of the surrounding land quite picturesque.
The Hamptons is basically a vacation destination in eastern New York state for very very wealthy people, who don't want any riff-raff cluttering up their picturesque vacation views.
It's not like Greece will return to the Drachma and become a picturesque olive exporting tourist attraction.
The popular preoccupation with the most picturesque Nazi atrocity has prevented any lessons from being learned from their lesser crimes.
The people are super friendly, picturesque surroundings and a mixture of historical and modern buildings.
And tunnel boring machines aren't as picturesque as 1000s of slaves chipping away at rock with stone tools - it's called progress.
Then to top it off with far too many people who want that picturesque green lawn and just throwing water on it.
San Francisco is well known for its picturesque neighborhoods of colorful old Victorian houses.
Trailer parks are just a picturesque (for lack of a better term) stereotype.
Unfortunately this would probably involve clearing a lot of picturesque spacious Victorian terraces.
Another crazy (or maybe not so much) theory: An ancient evil watches unsleeping, waiting in pooled darkness, beneath the picturesque dwellings of this unsuspecting town.
Although your description of human imperfection is picturesque and I tend to agree, I don't doubt that we can automate imperfection.
Quote examples
Under the second subheading they say, "Salesforce was born in March 1999 in cramped, adjoining apartments atop San Francisco's picturesque Telegraph Hill.
Yeah, the non-western concept of time is so picturesque, laid-back and "non-linear", so different to that ugly "monochronic" concept of the western world.
With the finest facilities for clay shooting, we offer numerous forms of target shooting, including skeet, trap, five-stand, plus a newly re-designed sporting clays course featuring a picturesque 15 stations..." I'm not a hunter, but the inn looks quite pleasant.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use picturesque in a sentence?
The north bay is also an outlet for the Sacramento River so the water is deep and some of the surrounding land quite picturesque.
What does picturesque mean?
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.
What part of speech is picturesque?
picturesque is commonly used as adjective.