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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbyu tə fəl /
ADJECTIVE
physically attractive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alluring appealing attractive exquisite gorgeous handsome lovely magnificent pulchritudinous ravishing stunning
STRONG
angelic becoming bewitching charming comely cute dazzling glorious good-looking photogenic prepossessing pretty shapely sightly
WEAK
delightful divine elegant enticing eye-catching fair fetching foxy graceful grand nice refined statuesque sublime superb taking well-formed wonderful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disgusting dreadful grotesque hideous homely horrible monstrous repulsive ugly unattractive
STRONG
bad-looking ordinary unsightly
WEAK
awkward graceless not much to look at plain
ADJECTIVE
highly pleasing to the senses
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exquisite gorgeous lovely magnificent picturesque pulchritudinous splendid splendiferous stunning
STRONG
beauteous glorious sightly snazzy
WEAK
dainty heavenly radiant resplendent

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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“It was kind of a depressing place. It wasn’t the beautiful place that it was before. It just needed flowers and life in it again,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

As Rue muses in a voiceover, she’s beautiful, directionless and “so desperate for attention she’s willing to humiliate herself.”

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Raised by working-class parents, he married into money and continues to be on loving terms with Evie in a beautiful house on the water.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"It just shows people do want to come and see wonderful heritage sites like ours, and beautiful gardens," Merryn insists, "but cost is putting them off."

From BBC • May 1, 2026

He sipped his tea and gazed at the beautiful sky.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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