Picturesque vs Stupendous - What's the difference?
picturesque | stupendous |
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting. scenic
* 1900 , , Chapter I,
Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
Of stunning volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.
As adjectives the difference between picturesque and stupendous
is that picturesque is resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting scenic while stupendous is astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.picturesque
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Alternative forms
* picture-skew (humorous)Adjective
(en adjective)- We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean.
- A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.
Synonyms
* quaintQuotations
* (English Citations of "picturesque")Derived terms
* picturesquely * picturesquenessExternal links
* *stupendous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
- The renovators created a stupendous new look for our house.