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beautiful
[ byoo-tuh-fuhl ]
adjective
- having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind:
a beautiful dress;
a beautiful speech.
Synonyms: beauteous, fair, attractive, seemly, comely
Antonyms: ugly
- excellent of its kind:
a beautiful putt on the seventh hole; The chef served us a beautiful roast of beef.
- wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying.
noun
- the beautiful,
- the concept of beauty.
- (used with a plural verb) beautiful things or people collectively:
the good and the beautiful.
- the ideal of beauty:
to strive to attain the beautiful.
interjection
- wonderful; fantastic:
You got two front-row seats? Beautiful!
- extraordinary; incredible: used ironically:
Your car broke down in the middle of the freeway? Beautiful!
beautiful
/ ˈbjuːtɪfʊl /
adjective
- possessing beauty; aesthetically pleasing
- highly enjoyable; very pleasant
the party was beautiful
Derived Forms
- ˈbeautifulness, noun
Other Words From
- beauti·ful·ly adverb
- beauti·ful·ness noun
- un·beauti·ful adjective
- un·beauti·ful·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of beautiful1
Example Sentences
"It's such a beautiful place. When he was young, his family came here for their holidays. So, he was just showing her around north Wales."
“When you allow someone to really shine, and really take the light, it’s beautiful to watch,” Curtis says.
What does Celmins’ beautiful 1992 painting of stars glinting in a dusky night sky, or Day’s 2018 gold-leaf cables and monofilament stretched on a diagonal between ceiling and floor, have to do with elucidating the art of the long Middle Ages, which “Lumen” achieves?
“It’s about hope. In this particular episode, we are teaching the kids that cultural diversity is good and Hanukkah is a positive and valuable and beautiful part of the holiday season. What a wonderful message to share.”
It was beautiful bowling from Josh Hazlewood to set him up, going slightly shorter, and he found extra bounce to bring the outside edge.
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