telegenic

[ tel-i-jen-ik ]

adjective

1. having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.

telegenic

/ ˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

1. having or showing a pleasant television image

Derived Forms

• ˌteleˈgenically, adverb

Other Words From

• tele·geni·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of telegenic¹

First recorded in 1935–40; tele(vision) + -genic

Word History and Origins

Origin of telegenic¹

C20: from tele ( vision ) + ( photo ) genic

Example Sentences

San Francisco will need to do all that stuff that Shanahan loves — dominate the trenches, protect the football — to hang with the telegenic Rams and their wider margin for error.

From FiveThirtyEight

In Lindor, the Mets added a four-time all-star and one of baseball’s most dynamic and telegenic superstars to a lineup that already includes 2019 National League rookie of the year Pete Alonso and rising star Dominic Smith.

From Washington Post

He was also a charismatic, telegenic speaker with a face improved by plastic surgery several years earlier.

From The Daily Beast

Let me be clear, as the president would say: Obama is telegenic and charming.

From The Daily Beast

Yet Palin—a former local news sports reporter and a current Fox News political commentator—is undeniably telegenic.

From The Daily Beast

The telegenic former state attorney general and federal judge is Hispanic and hugely popular in Nevada.

From The Daily Beast

This was the young, telegenic, and popular Robby Gallaty of Brainerd Baptist (mega-)Church in Tennessee.

From The Daily Beast

They grow up accepting the politics of telegenic competition, a poor substitute for competence and commitment.

From Project Gutenberg

Telegenic or not, a president or a TV star has little, if any, impact on our fulfillment in the interconnected world of our time.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• televised