26984 words

romantic

9 definitions • 13 examples
1
relating to love or a close loving relationship:

Examples:

a romantic novel/comedy
You used to be so romantic, but now you never tell me that you love me.
I suppose he is quite romantic - he sends me flowers on my birthday and tells me I'm looking beautiful and so on.
2
exciting and mysterious and having a strong effect on your emotions:

Examples:

We thought that Egypt was an incredibly romantic country.
3
not practical and having a lot of ideas that are not related to real life:

Examples:

She has a romantic idea of what it's like to be a struggling young artist.
4
someone who is not practical and has ideas that are not related to real life:

Examples:

You're a hopeless/incurable romantic.
5
relating to a style of art, music, and literature, popular in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, that deals with the beauty of nature and human emotions:

Examples:

Beethoven, Schumann, and Chopin were leading Romantic composers.
Romantic poets such as Shelley and Coleridge
6
someone who follows the late 18th and early 19th century ideas of Romanticism, or who creates art, music, or literature in the Romantic style:

Examples:

The German Romantics emphasized the uniqueness of each intimate experience.
He traces art history through the Romantics and Daumier and Degas and then onto Picasso.
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Examples:

a romantic comedy/novel
8
If something is romantic, it is exciting and mysterious and has a strong effect on your emotions:

Examples:

I think Egypt is an incredibly romantic country.
9
Romantic ideas and people are not practical or related to real life:

Examples:

She has a romantic idea of what it’s like to be an actor.

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