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Meaning of 'romantic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Romantic [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.
- Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
- Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.
- Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

Meaning of 'romantic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . romantic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
Example in sentence:
  • romantic poetry
2 . romantic [ s]
Meaning (2):
- expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
Example in sentence:
  • a romantic adventure;
  • a romantic moonlight ride;
  • amorous glances;
  • her amatory affairs
Meaning (3):
- not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic
Example in sentence:
  • a romantic disregard for money;
  • a wild-eyed dream of a world state;
  • as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood

Nearby Words:

romage romaic roman romance romanced romancer romancing romancist romancy romanesque

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