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BEAUTIFUL
beautiful
(adjective) delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; “a beautiful child”; “beautiful country”; “a beautiful painting”; “a beautiful theory”; “a beautiful party”
beautiful
(adjective) (of weather) highly enjoyable; “what a beautiful day”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
beautiful (comparative more beautiful, superlative most beautiful)
Attractive and possessing beauty.
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Well executed.
Usage notes
• The term carries a distinctly feminine aspect and is mostly not applied to men (in which case handsome is more appropriate and de rigueur).
• The comparatives beautifuler and beautifuller, and the superlatives beautifulest and beautifullest have also occasionally been used, but are nonstandard.
Synonyms
• (possessing charm and attractive): beauteous, attractive, cute, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, sheen, handsome, hot (slang), lovely, nice-looking, pretty, shapely, fit (slang)
• (of the weather): clear, fine, nice, pleasant, sunny
• (well executed): excellent, exceptional, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, perfect, stylish, wonderful
• (ironic: how unfortunate): great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, very nice, wonderful (any of these can be prefixed with an intensifier such as bloody, damned or just)
• See also beautiful
Antonyms
• (possessing charm and attractive): grotesque, hideous, homely, plain, misshapen, repulsive, ugly; unbeautiful
• (of the weather): bad, cloudy, dull, miserable, overcast, rainy, wet
• (well executed): average, bad, mediocre, poor, shoddy, substandard, terrible, weak
Noun
beautiful (plural beautifuls)
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
Source: Wiktionary
Beau"ti*ful, a.
Definition: Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames.
Syn.
– Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful. See Fine.
– Beau"ti*ful*ly, adv.
– Beau"ti*ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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