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beautiful
beau·ti·ful B0141900 (byo͞o′tə-fəl)adj.1. Having qualities that delight or appeal to the senses and often the mind.2. Excellent; wonderful: hit a beautiful shot from the tee.interj. Used to express approval or delight.
beau′ti·ful·ly adv.beau′ti·ful·ness n.Synonyms: beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome, comely, fair1
All these adjectives apply to what excites aesthetic admiration. Beautiful is most comprehensive and applies to mental appreciation as well as sensual delight: a beautiful child; a beautiful painting; a beautiful mathematical proof. Lovely also has wide application but stresses sensual enjoyment or emotional response over critical faculties: a lovely fragrance; the lovely feel of silk; greeted us with a lovely smile. What is pretty is beautiful in a delicate or graceful way: a pretty face; a pretty song; a pretty dress. Handsome stresses poise and dignity of form and proportion: a handsome, oak-paneled library."She is very pretty, but not so extraordinarily handsome" (William Makepeace Thackeray).
Comely suggests wholesome physical attractiveness: "Mrs. Hurd is a large woman with a big, comely, simple face" (Ernest Hemingway).
Fair emphasizes freshness or purity: "In the highlands, in the country places, / Where the old plain men have rosy faces, / And the young fair maidens / Quiet eyes" (Robert Louis Stevenson).beautiful (ˈbjuːtɪfʊl) adj1. possessing beauty; aesthetically pleasing2. highly enjoyable; very pleasant: the party was beautiful. ˈbeautifulness nbeau•ti•ful (ˈbyu tə fəl)
adj. 1. having beauty; delighting the senses or mind. 2. excellent of its kind; wonderful; remarkable: a beautiful putt on the seventh hole. n. 3. beautiful things or people collectively. interj. 4. (often used ironically) wonderful; excellent; remarkable. the beautiful, [1520–30] beau′ti•ful•ly, adv. syn: beautiful, handsome, lovely, pretty refer to a pleasing appearance. beautiful is used of a person or thing that gives intense pleasure to the senses; it may refer to a woman but rarely to a man: a beautiful landscape; a beautiful actress. handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportions and symmetry; it is used of a man and sometimes a woman: a handsome sofa; a handsome man. That which is lovely is beautiful in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. pretty usu. suggests a moderate beauty in persons or things that are small or feminine: a pretty blouse; a pretty child. beautifulThe following words can all be used to describe someone who is nice to look at: | attractive | beautiful | good-looking | gorgeous | handsome | | pretty | stunning | |
1. 'attractive', 'gorgeous' and 'good-looking'Attractive and gorgeous are also used to describe young children, but good-looking is not. She had grown into a chubby attractive child, with a mop of auburn curls like her mother's.2. 'handsome'Handsome is used more often to describe men than women. It is used to describe any man who has regular, pleasant features. However, it is only used to describe women when their features are large and regular rather than small and delicate. He was a tall, dark, and undeniably handsome man.In the 1930's the ideal woman was classically handsome rather than childishly pretty.3. 'beautiful' and 'pretty'Beautiful and pretty are generally used to describe women and children rather than men. Only very young boys are described as pretty, not older boys, because this word implies a delicate, feminine appearance. ...a beautiful young girl with long hair.Our mother was laughing and looking pretty and happy.'Such a pretty baby,' clucked Mrs Morrison.4. 'stunning'You can also describe a woman as stunning, especially when she has made herself look particularly attractive or is wearing very attractive clothes. An onlooker said the bride looked stunning in a full-length ivory dress.5. degree of beautyIf you say that someone is beautiful, you are implying that they are nicer to look at than if you said they were attractive, good-looking, handsome, or pretty. If you say that someone is gorgeous or stunning, you mean that they are extremely nice to look at. Be Careful!
You can describe someone's appearance by saying that they look nice or look wonderful, but if you call someone a nice man or a wonderful woman, or say that they are nice or are wonderful, you are describing their character, not their appearance. Similarly, lovely is more often used to describe someone's character than their appearance. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or executionpleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance"ugly - displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" | | 2. |  beautiful - (of weather) highly enjoyable; "what a beautiful day"pleasant - affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" |
beautifuladjective1. attractive, pretty, lovely, stunning (informal), charming, tempting, pleasant, handsome, fetching, good-looking, gorgeous, fine, pleasing, fair, magnetic, delightful, cute, exquisite, enticing, seductive, graceful, captivating, appealing, radiant, alluring, drop-dead (slang), ravishing, bonny, winsome, comely, prepossessing, Butiful (S.M.S.) a beautiful red-haired woman kneeling at her mother's feet
attractive ugly, unpleasant, hideous, unattractive, unsightly, repulsive2. bright, clear, fine, summery, unclouded, sunshiny, without a cloud in the sky It was a beautiful morning3. wonderful, great, excellent, superb, marvellous, sensational (informal), mega (slang), cracking (Brit. informal), awesome (slang), topping (Brit. slang), world-class, first-rate, brill (informal), mean (slang) That's a beautiful shot!
wonderful bad, terrible, awfulQuotations
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance" [John Ruskin Stones of Venice]
"I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful" [John Constable]
"Things are beautiful if you love them" [Jean Anouilh Mademoiselle Colombe]beautifuladjectiveHaving qualities that delight the eye:attractive, beauteous, comely, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, pretty, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly, stunning.Scots: bonny.Idiom: easy on the eyes.Translationsbeauty (ˈbjuːti) – plural ˈbeauties – noun1. a quality very pleasing to the eye, ear etc. Her beauty is undeniable. 美麗 美丽2. a woman or girl having such a quality. She was a great beauty in her youth. 美人 美人3. something or someone remarkable. His new car is a beauty! 令人驚豔的人或物 美的东西ˈbeautiful adjectivea beautiful woman; Those roses are beautiful. 美麗的 美丽的，悦目的 ˈbeautifully adverb 美好地 美丽地，悦目地，漂亮地，出色地 ˈbeautify (-fai) verb to make beautiful. She beautified the room with flowers. 美化 美化，装饰 beauty queen a girl or woman who is voted the most beautiful in a contest. (選美比賽選出的)選美皇后 选美大赛皇后ˈbeauty salon noun (also American beauty parlor, ~beauty shop) a place where customers have cosmetic treatment. 美容院 美容院beauty spot1. a place of great natural beauty. a famous beauty spot. 美不勝收的名勝 风景胜地2. a mark (often artificial) on the face, intended to emphasize beauty. 美人痣(通常為刻意點上的，以突顯美感) 痣，美人斑（刻意在脸上搽饰的黑斑，以突显美感） - What a beautiful day! (US)
What a lovely day! (UK) → 今天天气真好！
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beautiful peopleStylish, glamorous, and often wealthy people admired by others. I wish we were as cool as them—man, they are really the beautiful people.See also: beautiful, peoplesmall is beautifulThe belief, perspective, or mindset that things of a smaller scale are more aesthetically pleasing than those of a larger scale. Can be hyphenated if used before a noun as a modifier. The famed architect always incorporates a small-is-beautiful philosophy into all the buildings he designs. A lot of people think they need a big car as a status symbol, but I've always believed that small is beautiful.See also: beautiful, smallthe body beautifulThe conception of an ideal physical beauty. While we tend to focus on women, we forget that ideas of the body beautiful also cause stress, anxiety, and depression for many men, too.See also: beautiful, bodythe beautiful people 1 fashionable, glamorous, and privileged people. 2 (in the 1960s) hippies. 1 1995 Singapore: Rough Guide The coolest address in town, and a magnet for the beautiful people. See also: beautiful, peoplethe body beautiful an ideal of physical beauty. 1992 Mother Jones About 75,000 women a year elect to have cosmetic surgery, spurred on by ubiquitous images of the body beautiful. See also: beautiful, bodysmall is beautiful the belief that something small-scale is better than a large-scale equivalent. Small is Beautiful is the title of a book by E. F. Schumacher , published in 1973 . The phrase is best known through its adoption as a slogan by environmentalists.See also: beautiful, smallbeautiful mod. very satisfying; excellent. Man, this place is beautiful! You got your own sink and toilet right in the room and good strong bars to keep the riffraff out. beautiful people, theThe fashionable social set, individuals who are in vogue and widely emulated and envied. Although general use of this term began in the mid-1960s—Diana Vreeland, the editor of Vogue magazine, is often credited with inventing it—it appeared even earlier as the title of a William Saroyan play of 1941. It was given further currency by the Beatles song “Baby You’re a Rich Man” (1967) by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, which contains the line, “How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?” Katherine Hall Page used the phrase in her mystery The Body in the Big Apple (1999), with its numerous descriptions of expensive New York restaurants and elegant parties. Also see jet set.See also: beautifulEncyclopediaSeeBeautybeautiful
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Synonyms for beautifuladj attractiveSynonyms- attractive
- pretty
- lovely
- stunning
- charming
- tempting
- pleasant
- handsome
- fetching
- good-looking
- gorgeous
- fine
- pleasing
- fair
- magnetic
- delightful
- cute
- exquisite
- enticing
- seductive
- graceful
- captivating
- appealing
- radiant
- alluring
- drop-dead
- ravishing
- bonny
- winsome
- comely
- prepossessing
- Butiful
Antonyms- ugly
- unpleasant
- hideous
- unattractive
- unsightly
- repulsive
adj brightSynonyms- bright
- clear
- fine
- summery
- unclouded
- sunshiny
- without a cloud in the sky
adj wonderfulSynonyms- wonderful
- great
- excellent
- superb
- marvellous
- sensational
- mega
- cracking
- awesome
- topping
- world-class
- first-rate
- brill
- mean
AntonymsSynonyms for beautifuladj having qualities that delight the eyeSynonyms- attractive
- beauteous
- comely
- fair
- good-looking
- gorgeous
- handsome
- lovely
- pretty
- pulchritudinous
- ravishing
- sightly
- stunning
- bonny
Antonyms for beautifuladj delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admirationRelated Words- attractive
- graceful
- pleasing
Antonymsadj (of weather) highly enjoyableRelated Words |