romantic
/rəʊˈmæntɪk/adjective
उच्चारण रोमैन्टिक
प्रेम-संबंधी, रोमानी
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connected or concerned with love or a sexual relationship
प्रेम-संबंधी, रोमानी
- a romantic dinner
- romantic films
- The couple went on a romantic holiday to Goa.
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- He wrote her a romantic letter by hand.
- She does not like romantic comedies; she prefers thrillers.
Synonyms loving amorous passionate tender affectionate
Opposite unromantic unloving
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having an imaginative but unrealistic attitude to life
कल्पनाशील, अव्यावहारिक
- romantic ideas about village life
- He has romantic notions about life in the army.
- He has a romantic view of life in the mountains.
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- They had romantic ideas about living by the sea, which faded with the first cyclone.
- It is romantic to think that the old life was simpler.
Synonyms idealistic unrealistic dreamy starry-eyed impractical
Opposite realistic practical down-to-earth pragmatic
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beautiful in a way that makes you think of love or feel strong emotions
मनोरम, सुहावना
- a romantic view of the hills
- We had a romantic dinner by the lake in Udaipur.
- The lake looked romantic in the soft evening light.
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- We stayed in a romantic old palace near Jaipur.
- The romantic tune of the flute drifted over the hills.
Synonyms picturesque idyllic charming enchanting
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a person who is emotional and has a lot of imagination, and who has ideas and hopes that may not be realistic
भावुक व्यक्ति, आदर्शवादी
- He is a hopeless romantic.
- At heart, my uncle is a romantic who still writes letters by hand.
- Rohan is a romantic and believes in love at first sight.
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- Poets are often romantics at heart.
- My sister is a romantic who collects old letters and songs.
Synonyms idealist dreamer visionary sentimentalist
Opposite realist pragmatist
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
romantic + noun (relationship / dinner)
Use romantic before nouns such as story, film, evening or relationship for things connected with love.
प्रेम से जुड़ी चीज़ों के लिए 'romantic' को story, film, evening या relationship जैसे noun से पहले रखें।
- They watched a romantic film.
- It was a romantic evening by the lake.
romantic about sth
A person can be romantic about something, meaning too idealistic and unrealistic.
कोई व्यक्ति किसी बात को लेकर 'romantic' हो सकता है, अर्थात ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा आदर्शवादी और अवास्तविक।
- He is romantic about village life, but he has never lived there.
a romantic (noun)
As a noun, a romantic is a dreamy person with high hopes; it is countable.
Noun के रूप में 'a romantic' ऊँची उम्मीदों वाला स्वप्निल व्यक्ति है; यह countable है।
- Radhika is a romantic who believes in happy endings.
the Romantic period (capital R)
With a capital R, it names the literary movement of the early nineteenth century.
Capital R के साथ यह उन्नीसवीं सदी के आरंभ के साहित्यिक आंदोलन का नाम है।
- Wordsworth was a poet of the Romantic period.
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romantic + noun
dinnerfilmnovelsongsetting
- The romantic song played on every radio.
romantic + place
hill stationlakesidegardenmoonlit nightgetaway
- Udaipur is known as a romantic city.
adverb + romantic
verydeeplyhopelesslyslightlywildly
- He is hopelessly romantic about old Hindi songs.
romantic + relationship
relationshipinvolvementpartnercomedygesture
- A romantic comedy is a film about love, told with humour.
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- The old railway station looked romantic in the evening mist.
शाम की धुंध में पुराना रेलवे स्टेशन रूमानी लग रहा था।
- Radhika loves reading romantic stories by the window.
राधिका को खिड़की के पास बैठकर रूमानी कहानियाँ पढ़ना पसंद है।
- He has a romantic idea of life as a soldier.
उसकी सैनिक जीवन के बारे में एक रूमानी धारणा है।
- The romantic poets wrote about nature and emotion.
रोमांटिक कवियों ने प्रकृति और भावना के बारे में लिखा।
- The hotel offers a romantic dinner by the river.
होटल नदी के किनारे रूमानी रात्रिभोज देता है।
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✗ She is a very romance girl.
✓ She is a very romantic girl.
Use the adjective romantic before a noun; romance is the noun.
Noun से पहले adjective 'romantic' आता है; 'romance' noun है।
✗ He is romantic with village life.
✓ He is romantic about village life.
The preposition after romantic here is about.
यहाँ 'romantic' के बाद preposition 'about' आता है।
✗ The film is a romantical story.
✓ The film is a romantic story.
The adjective is romantic; romantical is not used.
Adjective 'romantic' है; 'romantical' प्रयुक्त नहीं होता।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
ro·man·tic
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One-word substitution
A person who sees things as they are is a realist; one who aims at perfection an idealist.
चीज़ों को जैसी हैं वैसी देखने वाला realist; पूर्णता का लक्ष्य रखने वाला idealist।
General knowledge
Literature: the Romantic poets (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Byron) wrote about nature, emotion and imagination; Wordsworth's 'Lyrical Ballads' (1798, with Coleridge) began the Romantic movement in English poetry.
साहित्य में Romantic कवि (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Byron) प्रकृति, भावना और कल्पना के बारे में लिखते थे; Wordsworth की 'Lyrical Ballads' (1798, Coleridge के साथ) से अंग्रेज़ी कविता में Romantic आंदोलन शुरू हुआ।