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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature.
                                                    --Jeffrey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Still plotting how their hungry ear
              That winsome voice again might hear.  --Emerson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.]
     1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
  
              Misled by ill example, and a winsome nature.
                                                    --Jeffrey.
  
     2. Causing joy or pleasure; gladsome; pleasant.
  
              Still plotting how their hungry ear That winsome
              voice again might hear.               --Emerson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  winsome
       adj : charming in a childlike or naive way

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  winsome
     a.
     charming#Adjective, engaging#Adjective, winning#Adjective; inspire
  approval and trust#Noun, especially if in an innocent#Adjective manner.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  winsome
     a.
     charming#Adjective, engaging#Adjective, winning#Adjective; inspire
  approval and trust#Noun, especially if in an innocent#Adjective manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  winsome
     a.
     charming#Adjective, engaging#Adjective, winning#Adjective; inspire
  approval and trust#Noun, especially if in an innocent#Adjective manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  winsome
     a.
     charming#Adjective, engaging#Adjective, winning#Adjective; inspire
  approval and trust#Noun, especially if in an innocent#Adjective manner.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  winsome
     Engelska a.
     behaglig, sympatisk, trevlig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Winsome /wˈɪnsʌm/
  جذّاب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  winsome //ˈwɪn.s(ə)m// //ˈwɪn.səm// 
  очарователен, привлекателен
  charming, engaging, winning

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  winsome /wˈɪnsʌm/ 
  půvabný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  winsome /wˈɪnsʌm/
  einnehmend, gewinnend, charmant, liebenswert 
        "a winsome smile"  - ein gewinnendes/einnehmendes Lächeln

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  winsome //ˈwɪn.s(ə)m// //ˈwɪn.səm// 
  valloittava
  charming, engaging, winning

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  winsome /wˈɪnsʌm/ 
  1. मोहक
        "The smile of the lass is winsome."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  winsome /wˈɪnsʌm/
  1. kedves
  2. megnyerô

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  winsome /wˈɪnsʌm/
  1. sevimli, hoş
  2. neşeli, şen
  3. çekici, alımlı. winsomely  sevimli şekilde. winsomeness  sevimlilik
  4. çekicilik.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈwɪnsəm/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  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

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 引人注目的,迷人的,可爱的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 引人注目的,迷人的,可爱的

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