as in vivid
producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description
wrote a picturesque tale of their journey across the country
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Recent Examples of picturesque
The town’s Crans-sur-Sierre golf club, down the street from the bar, stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course.
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Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
The town’s Crans-sur-Sierre golf club stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course.
—Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
In September 2023, in the middle of the Northumberland night, a mechanic named Adam Carruthers cut down a sycamore tree more than a century old that stood in a gap along an especially picturesque section of Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman fortification that runs across the narrowest part of England.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Gujo – Set along a hillside, Gujo is a small castle town with a picturesque river running through it.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
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Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
The town’s Crans-sur-Sierre golf club stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course.
—Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
In September 2023, in the middle of the Northumberland night, a mechanic named Adam Carruthers cut down a sycamore tree more than a century old that stood in a gap along an especially picturesque section of Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman fortification that runs across the narrowest part of England.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Gujo – Set along a hillside, Gujo is a small castle town with a picturesque river running through it.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picturesque
Adjective
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The doctrine is both a reasonable tactical reaction to threatening events and a vivid personal reflection of Trump the wannabe emperor, committed to self-extolling, national expansion and personal and national wealth.—
John Brummett,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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There are some vivid downsides to college sports’ new NIL era, but net-net, things seem so much healthier when much of it comes down to a school’s willingness to spend.—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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Gobel is not daunted by the graphic content.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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When descriptive norms emerge, people follow suit.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2025
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But the Grand Canyon rates its rapids up to what’s called a Canyon Class 10, allowing boaters to be more descriptive across the wide variety of whitewater features.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Picturesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picturesque. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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