winsome

Meaning

Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.

Synonyms

attractive
B2
alluring
25k
charming
B2
persuasive
C2
lovely
A2
agreeable
C2
winning
B1
pleasing
C2
cheerful
C1
fascinating
B2
ravishing
C2
delightful
C1
disarming
34k
taking
A1
bewitching
37k
adorable
B2
enchanting
C2
engaging
C2
nice
A1
entrancing
fair
A2
friendly
B2
genial
49k
cute
A2
handsome
B1
inviting
C1
kind
A1
kindly
B2
noteworthy
49k
peach
C1
🍑
prepossessing
pretty
A1
pulchritudinous
rot
C1
sociable
22k
soft
B1
sweet
A2
tempting
C1
tender
B2
vivacious
43k
good
A1
👍
delightsome
affable
47k
appealing
C2
beauteous
45k
beautiful
A1
blithe
46k
breathtaking
C2
buxom
captivating
31k
Translations

atraente
aantrekkelijk
atractivo
attraente
seducente
alımlı
aanlokkelijk
atrayente
allettante
cativante
bekoorlijk
amabile
affascinante
innemend
lieblich
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɪn.s(ə)m/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
wynsom
Inherited from Old English
wynsum
In summary

Inherited 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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