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Another word for romantic

romantic Synonyms

romantic

modif.

Referring to love and adventure
fanciful, visionary, quixotic, idealistic, impractical, passionate, adventurous, daring, romanticized, idealized, unrealistic, extravagant, wild, dreamy, idyllic, lyric, poetic, chivalrous, courtly, knightly.
Sentimental or loving
amorous, tender, ardent, lovey-dovey*; see passionate 2, sentimental.
Referring to the Romantic Movement; often capital
Rousseauistic, Byronic, Wordsworthian, Sturm und Drang (German).

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Another word for romantic

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Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:
bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy. (Informal) gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy. (Slang) drippy, sappy, tear-jerking. See feelings
Not compatible with reality:
idealistic, quixotic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, visionary. See hope, real

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Surely he didn't mean love in the romantic sense.
Brandon would be horrified by any thought of a romantic involvement with me.
She squeezed her eyes shut and prayed that romantic thoughts would cease to invade her newfound paradise.
One tablet records that in 1631 two Algerine pirate crews landed in Ireland, sacked Baltimore, and carried off its inhabitants to slavery; another recalls the romantic escape of Ida M'Donnell, daughter of Admiral Ulric, consulgeneral of Denmark, and wife of the British consul.
"It is romantic," Traci agreed.

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