Winsome \Win"some\, a. [Compar. Winsomer; superl.
Winsomest.] [AS. wynsum, fr. wynn joy; akin to OS. wunnia,
OHG. wunna, wunni, G. wonne, Goth. wunan to rejoice (in
unwunands sad), AS. wunian to dwell. ????. See Win, v. t.,
Wont, a.]
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1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
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Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature.
--Jeffrey.
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2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.
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Still plotting how their hungry ear
That winsome voice again might hear. --Emerson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
winsome
adj : charming in a childlike or naive way
WordNet (r) 2.0
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "winsome":
admirable, adorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing,
attractive, beaming, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, blithe,
blithesome, bright, bright and sunny, cajoling, captivating,
caressable, catching, charismatic, charming, cheerful, cheery,
coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, cuddlesome, delightful, dulcet,
elated, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing,
entrancing, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted, exciting, exhilarated,
exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, flushed,
genial, glad, gladsome, glamorous, glowing, happy, heart-robbing,
high, hopeful, hypnotic, in good spirits, in high spirits,
interesting, intriguing, inviting, irrepressible, irresistible,
kissable, laughing, likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, luxurious,
mesmeric, mouth-watering, of good cheer, optimistic, piquant,
pleasant, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, radiant,
ravishing, riant, rosy, sanguine, sanguineous, seducing, seductive,
sensuous, seraphic, siren, sirenic, smiling, sparkling,
spellbinding, spellful, sunny, sweet, taking, tantalizing, teasing,
tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative,
voluptuous, winning, witching
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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