beautiful
Americanadjective
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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
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excellent of its kind.
a beautiful putt on the seventh hole; The chef served us a beautiful roast of beef.
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wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying.
noun
interjection
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wonderful; fantastic.
You got two front-row seats? Beautiful!
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extraordinary; incredible: used ironically.
Your car broke down in the middle of the freeway? Beautiful!
adjective
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possessing beauty; aesthetically pleasing
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highly enjoyable; very pleasant
the party was beautiful
Usage
What are other ways to say beautiful? A person or thing that is beautiful possesses qualities that give great pleasure to see, hear, or think about. When should you use this adjective over handsome, lovely, or pretty? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
Other Word Forms
- beautifully adverb
- beautifulness noun
- unbeautiful adjective
- unbeautifully adverb
Etymology
Origin of beautiful
Example Sentences
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“I think it resonates so much because the show is just beautiful, everything about it,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times
Rather than sit in a grand office with big windows overlooking the beautiful Bay of Ajaccio, the club president worked in a windowless, concrete bunker deep inside the building.
From BBC
He has a beautiful home, a dog, and enough antiques and collectibles stored up over a lifetime that he doesn’t need more “stuff” to clutter his home.
From MarketWatch
The exception to this dreary trend—the really wonderful bright spot that cheers both the reader’s and the author’s heart—are classical schools, where academic study is based on what Mr. Traub calls “beautiful content.”
We’ve been together 12 years, and one of my favorite things is to come home, and we have a firepit outside our house here or in Malibu we have a beautiful balcony overlooking the beach.
From Los Angeles Times
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