gorgeous
splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
Informal. extremely good, enjoyable, or pleasant: I had a gorgeous time.
Origin of gorgeous
1synonym study For gorgeous
Other words for gorgeous
1 | rich, superb, grand; brilliant, resplendent, glittering, dazzling |
Opposites for gorgeous
Other words from gorgeous
- gor·geous·ly, adverb
- gor·geous·ness, noun
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How to use gorgeous in a sentence
Don’t miss the paintings of Bartlett’s gorgeous wife, Evelyn.
Oyster mushrooms grow shelf-like on the sides of trees, and chicken of the woods, these endlessly useful and tasty orange half-moons, light up your eyes like a gorgeous sunset.
It had Uiagalelei's gorgeous 53-yard touchdown pass on a post to Powell, who caught six passes for 161 yards.
Notre Dame knocks off top-ranked Clemson in a double-overtime thriller in South Bend | Chuck Culpepper | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostThis limited-edition collaboration with performance eyewear maker Roka features Machines’ gorgeous tropical-themed Palmera print on Roka’s GP-1 cycling sunglasses.
Still, it’s the hunks of steak dropped in that really amp up this gorgeous winter dinner.
And in the midst of all this stately gorgeousness a creature—hardly human—raging round like a thwarted beast.
"Unto Caesar" | Baroness Emmuska OrczyIn short, no words can convey an adequate impression of the gorgeousness of the forest tints in North America during the autumn.
Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. MurrayThe first snow that whitens the fading gorgeousness of the forest carpet falls scarcely more silently.
In New England Fields and Woods | Rowland E. RobinsonProbably, though, that gorgeousness had a good effect upon his followers.
The Forgotten Planet | Murray LeinsterNothing can approach the humming bird in its gorgeousness of decoration.
British Dictionary definitions for gorgeous
/ (ˈɡɔːdʒəs) /
strikingly beautiful or magnificent: gorgeous array; a gorgeous girl
informal extremely pleasing, fine, or good: gorgeous weather
Origin of gorgeous
1Derived forms of gorgeous
- gorgeously, adverb
- gorgeousness, noun
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