winsome
win·some
winsome · winsomer · winsomest
обаятельный
gewinnend
Charming, engaging, winningCharming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.
/ˈwɪn.səm/
» How could you dislike that winsome smile?
Meaning
1 sensesCharming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.
gewinnend
обая́тельныйobajátelʹnyj
More definitions
- charming in a childlike or naive way
Examples
1 sentencesHow could you dislike that winsome smile?
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
charming, engaging, winning:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
charming, engaging, winning:
Origin
Inherited from Middle English wynsom, winsom, winsome, winsum, wunsum (“beautiful; agreeabInherited from Middle English wynsom, winsom, winsome, winsum, wunsum (“beautiful; agreeable, gracious, pleasant; generous; of situations: favourable, propitious”), from Old English wynsum (“joyful, merry, pleasant; winsome”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjusam (“joyful”). By surface analysis, winne (“delight, joy, pleasure”) + -some.
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Forms
winsomer, winsomestWord family
5 related wordsDerivedunwinsome
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form