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romantic definition

ro·man·tic (rō man′tik)

adjective

  1. of, having the nature of, characteristic of, or characterized by romance
  2. without a basis in fact; fanciful, fictitious, or fabulous
  3. not practical; visionary or quixotic a romantic scheme
  4. full of or dominated by thoughts, feelings, and attitudes characteristic of or suitable for romance; passionate, adventurous, idealistic, etc. a romantic youth
    1. of, characteristic of, or preoccupied with ardent, idealized lovemaking or courtship
    2. suited for romance or lovemaking a romantic night
  6. of or characteristic of romanticism and the Romantic Movement

Etymology: Fr romantique < obs. romant (see romaunt) + -ique, -ic

noun

  1. a romantic person
  2. an adherent of romanticism, as in literature or music

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romantic Synonyms

romantic

modif.

  1. Referring to love and adventure

    fanciful, visionary, quixotic, idealistic, impractical, passionate, adventurous, daring, romanticized, idealized, unrealistic, extravagant, wild, dreamy, idyllic, lyric, poetic, chivalrous, courtly, knightly.

  2. Sentimental or loving

    amorous, tender, ardent, lovey-dovey*; see passionate 2, sentimental.

  3. Referring to the Romantic Movement; often capital

    Rousseauistic, Byronic, Wordsworthian, Sturm und Drang (German).


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romantic Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • hopeless: This was hopelessly romantic and, speaking on behalf of OOTB, we love hopeless romantics.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • find: I, on the other hand, found this film very romantic and beautifully shot, the acting is really good!

Modifies a noun

  • comedy: He most recently was seen opposite Ashley Judd in the romantic comedy " Someone Like You.

Modifying Another Word

  • hopelessly: For the hopelessly romantic, the island is the absolutely picture perfect setting for an unforgettable Caribbean wedding.

Used with adjective complement

  • sound: The argument sounds romantic, but it is in fact nonsensical.
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romantic quotes

A romantic interest in our own sex, not necessarily carried as far as physical experiments, was the intellectual fashion.

-Connolly, Cyril Vernon

   New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself. To thinkof 'living'there was to reduce the miraculous to the mundane; one does not 'live'at Xanadu.

-Didion,Joan

   A poet is a person who thinks there is something special about a poet and about his loving one unattainable woman.You'll usually find he takes the physical out on whores. I am defining a romantic poetöand there is no other kind. An unromantic poet is a self-contradiction.

-Frost, Robert Lee

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