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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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ChatGPT used deep facts about numbers to construct this beautiful arrangement, which many mathematicians find genuinely creative, not just a rehash of stuff in its training data.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

The kitchen is lit with huge skylights that accentuate the natural wood beams and bring a beautiful, bright feeling into the space.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

“They took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete,” Trump said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

But right now, what a beautiful satisfaction it is to experience this World Cup through his wide-eyed wonder, to treasure this passion we share.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

We follow Dr. Davis inside, where beautiful masterful works of art surround us.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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