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beautiful

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adjphysically attractive

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., from beauty + -ful. The beautiful people "the fashionable set" first attested 1964 in (where else?) "Vogue" (it also was the title of a 1941 play by U.S. dramatist William Saroyan). House Beautiful is from "Pilgrim's Progress," where it is a proper name of a place. Related: Beautifully.

Example Sentences for beautiful

What is the use of a beautiful face, if one must be shut up in her own apartment for ever?

It was a beautiful cameo of Alcibiades, with the quiver and bow of Eros.

Aspasia will tell you I have been a beautiful but idle dreamer all my life.

It was motionless as marble; but never had she seen anything so beautiful, and so unearthly.

That's where our big West is, over that way—isn't ...

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Synonyms for beautiful

adj physically attractive

alluring
appealing
charming
cute
dazzling
delicate
delightful
elegant
exquisite
fascinating
fine
good-looking
gorgeous
graceful
grand
handsome
lovely
magnificent
marvelous
pleasing
pretty
splendid
stunning
superb
wonderful
admirable
angelic
beauteous
bewitching
classy
comely
divine
enticing
excellent
fair
foxy
ideal
nice
pulchritudinous
radiant
ravishing
refined
resplendent
shapely
sightly
statuesque
sublime
symmetrical
taking
well-formed

Antonyms for beautiful

awkward
bad
coarse
crude
drab
dull
homely
horrible
inelegant
inferior
insignificant
offensive
ordinary
paltry
poor
repulsive
rough
ugly
uncouth
unrefined
disgusting
grotesque
hideous
plain
unattractive

More words related to beautiful

attractive

adjective. appealing, drawing attention

adorable
agreeable
alluring
beautiful
beckoning
bewitching
captivating
charming
comely
enchanting
engaging
enthralling
enticing
fair
fascinating
fetching
glamorous
good-looking
gorgeous
handsome
hunky
interesting
inviting
looker
lovely
luring
magnetic
mesmeric
pleasant
pleasing
prepossessing
pretty
provocative
seductive
stunning
taking
tantalizing
teasing
tempting
winning
winsome

awesome

adjective. amazing

alarming
astonishing
awe-inspiring
awful
beautiful
breathtaking
daunting
dreadful
exalted
fearful
fearsome
formidable
frantic
frightening
grand
hairy
horrible
horrifying
imposing
impressive
intimidating
magnificent
majestic
mean
mind-blowing
moving
nervous
overwhelming
real gone
shocking
something else
striking
stunning
stupefying
terrible
terrifying
wonderful
wondrous
zero cool

becoming

adjective. flattering

acceptable
agreeable
attractive
beautiful
comely
cute
effective
enhancing
excellent
fair
graceful
handsome
neat
nice
presentable
pretty
seemly
tasteful
welcome
well-chosen

bewitching

adjective. attractive

alluring
beautiful
captivating
charming
desirable
enchanting
engaging
enthralling
enticing
fascinating
glamorous
lovely
luring
pretty
seductive
tempting
winning
winsome

cute

adjective. perky, attractive

adorable
beautiful
charming
dainty
delightful
pleasant
pretty

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