Adonis
Legendary male beauty
Adonis is a figure from Greek mythology, a beautiful youth beloved by the goddess Aphrodite.
His name has become synonymous with male physical perfection.
Adonis is also a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family, typically with red or yellow blooms. (Lowercase adonis refers to any handsome young man.)
Greek goddess of love
- VenusLove goddess, or planet
- PersephoneGreek underworld queen
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
legend · deity · mortal · boar · death · resurrection · rebirth · Underworld
Recurring each year
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- yellowHue between green and orange
- redPrimary color, warm
scarlet · buttercup · garden · bloom · blooming · petal · petals · cultivation
Mediterranean island nation
- LebanonMideast coastal nation
- PhoeniciaAncient Levantine trading civilization
- UnderworldRealm of the dead
- AcheronMythological river of sorrow
Obsessed with one's image
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
egotistical · self-absorbed · arrogant · superficial · prideful · boastful · smug · self-centered
Aphrodite
Greek goddess of love
- VenusLove goddess, or planet
- PersephoneGreek underworld queen
- GreekOf Athenian origin
myth · legend · deity · mortal · boar · death · resurrection · rebirth · Underworld · mourning
perennial
Recurring each year
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- yellowHue between green and orange
red · scarlet · buttercup · garden · bloom · blooming · petal · petals · cultivation · ornamental
Cyprus
Mediterranean island nation
- LebanonMideast coastal nation
- PhoeniciaAncient Levantine trading civilization
- UnderworldRealm of the dead
narcissistic
Obsessed with one's image
mirror · egotistical · self-absorbed · arrogant · superficial · prideful · boastful · smug · self-centered · immodest
- Classical MythologyZeus, Apollo, Venus, Athena, Aphrodite
- Greek & RomanAchilles heel, Trojan horse, Pandora's box, Midas touch, Odyssey
- Mythological WordsAchilles heel, aegis, ambrosia, Apollo, Apollonian
- attractiveattractive, beautiful, gorgeous, pretty, handsome
- Arabic literatureArabian Nights, One Thousand and One Nights, Khalil Gibran, court poetry, Scheherazade
- Arabic WritersKhalil Gibran
AdonisQuasimodo
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
Caliban · Elephant Man · ugly duckling · troll · ogre