What is "beautiful" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does beautiful mean in English? Meaning of beautiful definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "beautiful" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "beautiful": delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

Adjective

  • Meaning: delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
  • Example: a beautiful child beautiful country a beautiful painting a beautiful theory a beautiful party
  • Synonyms: beautiful
  • Antonyms: ugly
  • Similar: beauteous better-looking bonnie bonny comely dishy exquisite fair fine-looking glorious good-looking gorgeous handsome lovely picturesque pretty pretty-pretty pulchritudinous ravishing resplendent scenic sightly splendid splendiferous stunning well-favored well-favoured
  • Also see: attractive graceful pleasing
  • Meaning of "beautiful": (of weather) highly enjoyable

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (of weather) highly enjoyable
  • Example: what a beautiful day
  • Synonyms: beautiful
  • Similar: pleasant
  • Adjective: Attractive and possessing charm. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, The China Governess[1]: ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’ Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful. There's a beautiful lake by the town.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, The China Governess[1]: ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’(of the weather) Pleasant; clear. It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.Well executed. The skater performed a beautiful axel.(as a pro-sentence) How beautiful that is! Beautiful! What a catch! (referring to an athlete catching a ball)(as a pro-sentence; ironic) How unfortunate that is! Beautiful! I dropped the soup on the floor!
  • Synonyms:

    alluring, cute, fascinating, magnificent, marvelous, graceful, fine, dazzling, superb, wonderful, delightful, pretty, grand, lovely, gorgeous, stunning, charming, good-looking, delicate, handsome, pleasing, splendid, elegant, appealing, exquisite, admirable, angelic, classy, comely, divine, excellent, fair, foxy, ideal, nice, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, statuesque, sublime, symmetrical, beauteous, bewitching, enticing, pulchritudinous, sightly, taking, well-formed,

    Antonyms:

    repulsive, insignificant, paltry, uncouth, horrible, drab, inelegant, disgusting, grotesque, hideous, unattractive, homely, ugly, bad, offensive, poor, ordinary, awkward, coarse, rough, crude, unrefined, inferior, dull, plain,

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    beautiful in English: beautiful
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