Dictionary Definition
idyllic adj
1 excellent and delightful in all respects; "an
idyllic spot for a picnic"
2 suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and
serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of
America's Golden Age" [syn: pastoral]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- UK: /ɪˈdɪlɪk/
- US: /aɪˈdɪlɪk/
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- Rhymes: -ɪlɪk
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to idylls.
- Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
Quotations
- 1896 — H. G.
Wells,
The Island of Dr. Moreau, ch 17
- My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory.
- 1922 — John Buchan,
Huntingtower,
ch II
- The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.
Translations
of or pertaining to idylls
- Portuguese: idílico
happy, peaceful, picturescue
Noun
- An idyllic state or situation.
Quotations
- 1922 — John Buchan,
Huntingtower,
ch V
- He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.
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References
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Alcaic,
Anacreontic,
Arcadian, Castalian, Edenic, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric, Theocritean, at peace,
bardic, bloodless, bucolic, calm, charming, concordant, didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, halcyon, heavenly, heroic, ideal, idealized, mock-heroic,
narrative, orderly, pacific, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, picturesque, piping, poetic, poetico-mystical,
poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic, poetlike, quiet, restful, rhapsodic, runic, rustic, sapphic, serene, skaldic, soft, tranquil, unspoiled, untroubled