good-looking

adjective

good-look·​ing ˈgu̇d-ˈlu̇-kiŋ How to pronounce good-looking (audio)
: having a pleasing or attractive appearance
good-looker noun

Examples of good-looking in a Sentence

she's a good-looking woman, regardless of her age
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At a glance Really good-looking car Nothing special under the hood OK, but not great fuel economy Drives and feels really good for the price Historically, low-cost, compact cars have been all kinds of boring: boring to look at, boring to drive, boring to talk about. New Atlas, 11 July 2025 Insulating, sound-proof, lightweight, good-looking: the bark of the evergreen oak Quercus suber has been used for millennia as a construction material. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2025 Sure, it's attached to a casino, but this is a pretty good-looking restaurant. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 His father, a quiet Wasp from Indiana, was an engineer, and his mother was an Irish Catholic who, in addition to working in the Connecticut school system, kept house and raised her good-looking children in the faith. Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for good-looking

Word History

First Known Use

1715, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of good-looking was in 1715

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“Good-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good-looking. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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