beautiful
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tə adjective
1.
having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
2.
excellent of its kind: a beautiful putt on the seventh hole; The chef served us a beautiful roast of beef.
3.
wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying.
noun
4.
the concept of beauty (usually preceded by the ).
5.
( used with a plural verb ) beautiful things or people collectively (usually preceded by the ): the good and the beautiful.
6.
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Beautiful
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
interjection
7.
wonderful; fantastic: You got two front-row seats? Beautiful!
8.
extraordinary; incredible: used ironically: Your car broke down in the middle of the freeway? Beautiful!
Related forms
beau·ti·ful·ly, adverb
beau·ti·ful·ness, noun
un·beau·ti·ful, adjective
un·beau·ti·ful·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. comely, seemly, attractive, fair, beauteous. Beautiful, handsome, lovely, pretty refer to a pleasing appearance. 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, especially in that which is small or of minor importance: a pretty child.
1. comely, seemly, attractive, fair, beauteous. Beautiful, handsome, lovely, pretty refer to a pleasing appearance. 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, especially in that which is small or of minor importance: a pretty child.
Antonyms
1. ugly.
1. ugly.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | possessing beauty; aesthetically pleasing |
| 2. | highly enjoyable; very pleasant: the party was beautiful |
| 'beautifulness | |
| —n | |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Viewers who step into these boxes have the sense of being physically at the centre of a beautiful universe.
The soft air enveloping the archipelago blends into a beautiful palm-fringed haze.
It was the first computer with beautiful typography.
On the one hand, look at all those hungry, beautiful tigers.
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