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Definition of Beautiful
1. Adjective. Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration. "A beautiful party"
Also: Attractive, Graceful, Pleasing
Similar to: Beauteous, Bonnie, Bonny, Comely, Fair, Sightly, Dishy, Exquisite, Better-looking, Fine-looking, Good-looking, Handsome, Well-favored, Well-favoured, Glorious, Resplendent, Splendid, Splendiferous, Gorgeous, Lovely, Picturesque, Pretty, Pretty-pretty, Pulchritudinous, Ravishing, Scenic, Stunning
Antonyms: Ugly
2. Adjective. (of weather) highly enjoyable. "What a beautiful day"
Definition of Beautiful
1. a. Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
Definition of Beautiful
1. Adjective. Attractive and possessing charm. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of the weather) pleasant; clear. ¹
3. Adjective. well executed ¹
4. Adjective. (''as a pro-sentence'') How beautiful that is! ¹
5. Adjective. (''as a pro-sentence; ironic'') How unfortunate that is! ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beautiful
1. [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beautiful
Literary usage of Beautiful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1921)
"Beautiful WOMEN WOMEN sit or move to and fro ... some old, some young, The young
are beautiful—but the old are more beautiful than the young. ..."
2. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"All homage was for the beautiful stranger. While every body gazed, she swept
superbly by and flung the ... She was beautiful before—she was radiant now. ..."
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