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idyllic

aɪˈdɪlɪkadjective

What does idyllic mean?

Peaceful and perfect, like a picture of the countryside.

Idyllic, six ways

PlainPeaceful and perfect, like a picture of the countryside.
ADHDPicture-perfect. Peaceful. Too good to be real.
Gen ZPostcard-perfect. A cottage, a stream, no phone signal.
MetaphorA painting you could step into.
FormalExtremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
Like I’m 5A place or time that is so pretty and peaceful it feels like a picture. That’s idyllic.

How to pronounce idyllic

eye-DIL-ik/aɪˈdɪlɪk/

Idyllic in a sentence

They spent an idyllic week by the lake.
The cottage looked idyllic until we found the mice.
The poem paints an idyllic picture of country life.

Synonyms for idyllic

picturesquePretty as a picture, from outside.
pastoralOf the countryside, often in art.
heavenlyCasual; simply perfect.

Where idyllic comes from

Greek. Eidyllion, a little picture, the name for Theocritus’s short poems of country life.

Good to know

From idyll, a short poem about rural peace. Often used with a hint that reality is less perfect.

Idyllic meaning, on a Gloss card: Peaceful and perfect, like a picture of the countryside.

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