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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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Though she was beautiful, she was very shy - "what we call šedá myška, a little grey mouse".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Guardiola might have been the high priest of beautiful soccer, but as the British papers reminded him, he was now in the toughest league in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

They weren’t beautiful, exactly, but beauty matters significantly less once an onion is destined for the inside of a chili pot.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The result: I took an inexpensive yoga class at a beautiful studio, and I ate the most delectable pastry I’ve ever had.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Someone who loved beautiful things had chosen everything here.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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