adonis
/əˈdɑnɪs/
noun
- A very handsome young man.
- All the girls at the party thought he was an adonis.
- The actor was considered an adonis in his youth.
- He walked into the room looking like a modern adonis.
- In Greek mythology, a beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite and killed by a boar.
- The story of Adonis is one of love and tragedy in Greek mythology.
- In the myth, Adonis was killed while hunting a wild boar.
- Aphrodite mourned the death of Adonis for many days.
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