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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbju 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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"When it arrived, I was like 'Oh! My goodness! It's beautiful'," Voight told AFP.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“I’m not going to use the term ‘great, big, beautiful’ — that was good for getting it approved, but it’s not good for explaining to people what it’s all about.”

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

She said: "That's when I started to think, is he flirting with me? But then he used to text me messages like 'outside beautiful' and stuff like that."

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

Brian Austin Green seemingly teased ex Megan Fox after she gushed over her ‘achingly beautiful’ boyfriend, rapper Machine Gun Kelly, on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2022

I told her, “I’m sure people tell you this constantly, but if you looked up ‘incredibly beautiful’ in the dictionary, there would be a picture of you.”

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer




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