Idyllic - English meaning

noun

A native of arcadia.

Usage examples:

Late in the year he went to the aid of the arcadians, and was largely responsible for the crucial d…

adjective

Relating to arcadia.

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They tended to disguise them on italianate terraces surrounded by tivoli garden stone statues, or s…

adjective

Showing or relating to an image or idea of perfect countryside life

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He described a scene of arcadian tranquillity., his friends flocked to his country house, drawn by …

adjective

Extremely happy; full of joy.

Usage examples:

A blissful couple holding a baby

adjective

Extremely or completely happy

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A blissful childhood/holiday, we spent a blissful year together before things started to go wrong.

adjective

Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.

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The church is lovely for its bucolic setting

noun

A pastoral poem.

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The result is a complex mix of ancient greek bucolics (pastoral poetry), the natural history of nor…

adjective

Relating to the countryside

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The painting shows a typically bucolic scene with peasants.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise.

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Elysian visions

adjective

Relating to heaven

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The elysian fields of the next world

adjective

Denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.

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The halcyon days of the mid 1980s, when profits were soaring

noun

A mythical bird said by ancient writers to breed in a nest floating at sea at the winter solstice, charming the wind and waves into calm.

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The halcyon, a mythical bird, is said to have laid its eggs in the nautilus' shell.

noun

A very happy or successful period in the past

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She recalled the halcyon days of her youth.

adjective

Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.

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Melissa came in looking happy and excited

adjective

Feeling, showing, or causing pleasure or satisfaction

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To tell the truth, i’ve never been happier in my whole life., people want movies to have happy endi…

adjective

Of heaven; divine.

Usage examples:

Heavenly father

adjective

Of or from heaven, or giving great pleasure

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It was a good party and the food was heavenly.

adjective

Satisfying one's conception of what is perfect; most suitable.

Usage examples:

The swimming pool is ideal for a quick dip

noun

A person or thing regarded as perfect.

Usage examples:

You're my ideal of how a man should be

adjective

Regarded or represented as perfect or better than in reality.

Usage examples:

Helen's idealized accounts of their life together

verb

Regard or represent as perfect or better than in reality.

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We idealize the life of a student

adjective

Involving thinking of or representing someone or something as better than that person or thing really is

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The film presents a very idealized view of 19th-century ireland., she became an icon and an idealiz…

adjective

(of a place or state) ideal or idyllic; heavenly.

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She told me tales of her paradisal childhood

adjective

(of land) used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.

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Scattered pastoral farms

noun

A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.

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The story, though a pastoral, has an actual connection with the life of agricultural labour

adjective

(of a piece of art, writing, or music) having or representing the pleasant, traditional features of the countryside

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A pastoral scene, pastoral work/duties

adjective

Free from disturbance; tranquil.

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His peaceful mood vanished

adjective

Having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.

Usage examples:

Life certainly isn't perfect at the moment

verb

Make (something) completely free from faults or defects; make as good as possible.

Usage examples:

He's busy perfecting his bowling technique

noun

(of a tense) denoting a completed action or a state or habitual action which began in the past. the perfect tense is formed in english with have or has and the past participle, as in they have eaten and they have been eating ( present perfect ), they had eaten ( past perfect ), and they will have eaten ( future perfect ).

adjective

(of a place or building) visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way.

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Ruined abbeys and picturesque villages

adjective

In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.

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Remote rural areas

adjective

In, of, or like the country (= land not in cities)

Usage examples:

She grew up in rural utah.

adjective

In or from the countryside

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The rural economy, the difficulties facing rural communities today are very real., rural areas., he…

adjective

Relating to the countryside; rural.

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Sonntag occasionally populated his landscapes with a lone land hunter, usually near his rustic log …

noun

An unsophisticated country person.

Usage examples:

They paused to watch the rustics dance and carouse

adjective

Typical of the country (= land not in cities), esp. because of being attractively simple

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We stayed in rustic cabins, with no electricity.

adjective

Consisting of or associated with woods; wooded.

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A sylvan glade

adjective

Of or having woods

adjective

Not spoiled, in particular (of a place) not marred by development.

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One of the best stretches of unspoiled coastline in the uk

adjective

An unspoiled place is beautiful because it has not been changed or damaged by people

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An island with clean, unspoiled beaches, there are miles of unspoilt coastline and moors to explore…

adjective

Modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.

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A utopian ideology

noun

An idealistic reformer.

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He describes himself as an educational utopian

adjective

Having the characteristics and organization of a perfect society

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A utopian vision, utopian communities

adjective

Inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous.

Usage examples:

They all think she's wonderful

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

Becoming a father was the most wonderful experience of my life., i took a vacation and feel wonderf…