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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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His mother, who has asked to be known as Natasha, said she was "deeply heartbroken to share the news that my beautiful, strong and incredibly brave son was killed".

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Up here, in a starkly beautiful landscape of snowy peaks and glaciers, excavators are carving huge chunks out of the mountains to mine for copper and other minerals.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Just produce that isn’t conventionally beautiful enough to command full price.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

There is a particularly beautiful chapter set on Long Island during World War II, in which the narrator recalls a July 4 beach celebration that ends with a tragic explosion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Before Grandpa and I got into the buckboard, we took another look at that beautiful sycamore tree.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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