winsome

Speech parts

1. winsome - Adjective

2. winsome - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.

Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

attractive sweet engaging pleasant appealing inviting charming lovely graceful agreeable fascinating alluring endearing adorable lovable
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Antonyms

blue poor ordinary offensive rough inferior
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Related terms

winsomely winsomeness winne winly

Anagrams

Owenism

Examples

She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a lo'esome wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine. Robert Burns

The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome of all beings and in our worship of Him we should find unspeakable pleasure. Aiden Wilson Tozer

From Stirling Castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled; Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay, And with the Tweed had travelled; And when we came to Clovenford, Then said "my winsome marrow," "Whate'er betide, we'll turn aside, And see the braes of Yarrow." William Wordsworth

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. Edna Ferber

‎Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love. You can't win it by being winsome. You can't lose it by being a loser. But you can be blind enough to resist it. Max Lucado

If you are ugly, be winsome. Tunisian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Winslow Lake Winslow Reef Winsock winsomely winsomeness Winson