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romantic

Definition

  • noun: a person who thinks a lot about love and does and says things that show strong feelings of love for someone
  • noun: a romantic person, trait, or component
  • adjective: of, relating to, or involving love between two people
  • adjective: consisting of or resembling a 'romance'
  • synonyms: wild, extravagant, sentimental

Examples

  • Her latest movie is a 'romantic' comedy. [=a comedy about two people who fall in love with each other]

  • They were 'romantically' involved. [=they had a romantic/sexual relationship with each other]

  • She had a lot of big 'romantic' dreams of becoming an actress.

Movie quotes

  • (..) What are you doing? Stealing your woman. Take her. Take her. Well, you're a romantic bastard. I'll give you that. OK, open up in there. I work for Mr. E.H. Harriman... (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid