How do you pronounce good-looking?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/.

good-looking

/ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.46 in modern English

Syllables: good-look-ing
IPA: /ˈɡʊdˈlʊk.ɪŋ/

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Meaning

adj

Physically attractive (of a person).

Example Sentences

"The princesses were, it is true, sufficiently good-looking, yet neither their persons nor their garments had that appearance of freshness and cleanliness without which no other charms can be contemplated with pleasure. Everything had a dingy and faded appearance, very disagreeable and unroyal to a European eye."
"When one of us sees a good-looking guy, we nudge the other one and smile. One guy had the most gorgeous face I had ever seen. Every time we go to the mall we look around for 'that guy' just in case."

Etymology

From good + looking. Compare Dutch goeduitziend (“good-looking”), German gutaussehend (“good-looking”).

Inflected Forms

more good-looking (comparative) better-looking (comparative) most good-looking (superlative) best-looking (superlative) goodlooking (alternative) good looking (alternative)

Phrases

good-lookingly good-lookingness

Synonyms

beautiful handsome hot sexy fine-looking fetching better-looking well-favored well-favoured on fleek