romantic

ro|man|tic¹ [rəuˈmæntık, rə- US rou, rə-] adj

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1¦(showing love)¦

2¦(relating to love)¦

3¦(story/film)¦

4¦(beautiful)¦

5¦(not practical)¦

6 Romantic art/literature etc

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[Date: 1600-1700; : French; Origin: romantique, from Old French romans; ROMANCE¹]

1.) ¦(SHOWING LOVE)¦

showing strong feelings of love

▪ 'Tom always sends me red roses on my birthday.' 'How romantic!'

2.) ¦(RELATING TO LOVE)¦

relating to feelings of love or a loving relationship

▪ After dinner, they took a romantic stroll by the sea.

▪ real old-fashioned romantic love

▪ I'm not ready for a romantic relationship.

3.) ¦(STORY/FILM)¦

a romantic story or film is about love

▪ a romantic comedy

4.) ¦(BEAUTIFUL)¦

beautiful in a way that affects your emotions and makes you think of love or adventure

▪ romantic music

▪ The castle is set in one of England's most romantic landscapes.

5.) ¦(NOT PRACTICAL)¦

romantic ideas are not practical or not based on reality

≠ ↑realistic

romantic notion/view/idea etc

▪ romantic notions about becoming a famous actress

▪ Like many New Yorkers, he had a romantic image of country life.

6.) Romantic art/literature etc

art or literature that is based on the ideas of romanticism

>romantically [-kli] adv

romantic ²

romantic² n

1.) someone who shows strong feelings of love and likes doing things that are related to love such as buying flowers, presents etc

2.) someone who is not practical, and bases their ideas too much on an imagined idea of the world

≠ ↑realist

▪ a romantic who longed for adventure

3.) also Romantic

a writer, painter etc whose work is based on romanticism