PULCHRITUDINOUS Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

pulchritudinous

adjective

Definition of pulchritudinous

as in beauteous

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Adjective

Mercury, the messenger, is embracing beauteous Venus in your 10th House of Drive.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
There’s beauteous simplicity to a pot of ordinary grains made with the most minimal of tools.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025

Definition of beauteous

Adjective

Perennials Many perennials offer colorful flowers during the growing season, but a select group creates both color and desirable food for birds in the winter.

— Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
For generations, the series showed, white men had dominated the department, while Black and women firefighters had been ostracized and put in danger, shut out of the most desirable fire stations and passed over for promotions.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of desirable

Adjective

In our conspiratorial age, the idea that there are fine, obscure relationships between seemingly disparate things is a thought seductive on the surface but oftentimes shallow underneath.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
In a world where an internet search or an AI summary promises an instant answer, there is something seductive about an investigation that requires touching the evidence.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of seductive

Adjective

Sometimes, that’s a big yay, as with the South Asian lentil dumplings called faraa, which wallow in a luscious coconut cream with fresh chanterelles that’s like carbonara for vegans.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
The green is equally luscious in texture, made with chicken thigh and skin, but intensely herbaceous, brightened with parsley, cilantro, poblano and jalapeño.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of luscious

Adjective

The Bridgewater Associates founder told CNBC equities have so far weathered the global bond sell-off because earnings growth has kept expected stock returns attractive, relative to bonds.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
This is why smaller logistics companies are becoming an attractive alternative to legacy providers.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of attractive

Adjective

The show opened with a model in a sheer set with lingerie details, an unseemingly sexy look for Chanel, carrying Gabrielle’s own Chanel flap bag, which is preserved in the Chanel Patrimoine, the archival and heritage department of the house.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
Architects attempted to make the home itself into a sexy product.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of sexy

Adjective

But Maguire and Strayer are felt as loudly as Maines across the record, through their gorgeous harmonies, but also fiddle and banjo and, sometimes, sitar and accordion.

— Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026
His 41-yard touchdown pass to receiver Cam Coleman in the first quarter against Oklahoma was a gorgeous throw.

— Mac Engel October 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026

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