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romantic
adjective /rəʊˈmæn.tɪk/ /rəˈ-/
/roʊˈmæn.t̬ɪk/ Definition
B1 relating to love or a close loving relationship: 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.Loving and in love › exciting and mysterious and having a strong effect on your emotions: We thought that Egypt was an incredibly romantic country.Exciting and interesting C2 sometimes disapproving not practical and having a lot of ideas that are not related to real life: She has a romantic idea of what it's like to be a struggling young artist.Useless and futile romantically
/-tɪ.kəl.i/ adverb
(Definition of romantic adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Useless and futile
Synonyms and related words:
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift adjective
- aimless adjective
- airy-fairy adjective
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid adjective
- fool's errand noun
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous adjective
- fruitless adjective
- negate verb
- no-good adjective
- nugatory adjective
- ornamental adjective
- otiose adjective
- until you are blue in the face idiom
- unwieldy adjective (NOT EFFECTIVE)
- useless adjective
- vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL)
- vainly adverb
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