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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbyu tə fəl /




Usage

What are other ways to say beautiful? A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.

Example Sentences

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It was expensive, but worth every penny — a beautiful, abstract rendering of the film’s themes, displayed in a bewitching graphic style I couldn’t get out of my mind after coveting the poster online.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

The 24-year-old tells Newsbeat she feels the group's early sound is a "masterpiece" because it "brings in these raw, disgustingly beautiful vocals".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

We’re all familiar with workplace efficiency, where every task must beat the clock and “skill and creativity” are reduced to “repetitive, monotonous tasks, without the beautiful compensation of singing along.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“You can put random objects in a beautiful space and that object becomes important.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

This was something Duane wholeheartedly agreed with, as ice was at the top of his list of wonderful, beautiful things in the world.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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