1. plural of adonis; exceptionally handsome young men
Usage: literary; often capitalized when referring to the mythological figure

Examples

• The modeling agency was full of young adonises hoping to break into fashion.
• She had dated several adonises but found them all rather vain.
• The romance novel featured the typical cast of dark-haired adonises.
• Hollywood seems to produce a new generation of adonises every decade.
• The art class sketched various adonises posed as classical sculptures.