romantic meaning
EN[ɹəʊˈmantɪk] [ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk] [-æntɪk]US
EN Romantic
- NounPLromanticsSUF-mantic
- AdjectiveCOMmore romanticSUPmost romantic
- (chiefly historical) Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.
- (obsolete) Fictitious, imaginary.
- Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
- Mary sighed, knowing her ideals were far too romantic to work in reality.
- Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric.
- Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
- Their kiss started casually, but it slowly turned romantic.
- Alternative form of Romantic.
- (chiefly historical) Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Although I regard this as a romantic piece, it's not an MSR in the usual sense--our heroes don't ride off into the sunset locked in each other's arms.
- There are more romantic orientations than simple homoromanticism, heteroromanticism, biromanticism and aromanticism.
- Even the Plastic People's weathered, been-through-hell aging-radical looks can be respun as romantic now that their revolution has safely succeeded.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of romantic in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en romanticism
- en romantick
- en romantics
- en romantical
- en romanticly
Source: Wiktionary