beau·ti·ful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl]
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.
the ideal of beauty (usually preceded by the ): to strive to attain the beautiful.
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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!
Origin:
1520–30; beauty + -ful

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.

Antonyms
1. ugly.
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beautiful (ˈbjuːtɪfʊl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—adj
1.  possessing beauty; aesthetically pleasing
2.  highly enjoyable; very pleasant: the party was beautiful
 
'beautifulness
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

beautiful
1520s, from beauty + -ful. Beautiful people "the fashionable set" first attested 1964 in (where else?) "Vogue." House Beautiful is from "Pilgrim's Progress," where it is a proper name of a place
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Slang Dictionary

beautiful definition


  1. mod.
    very satisfying; excellent. : Man, this place is beautiful! You got your own sink and toilet right in the room and good strong bars to keep the riffraff out.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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 city council says it will ban the illegal billboards and limit the number
  of kiosks disfiguring beautiful buildings.
He gives a beautiful, modulated performance, and he's never been more likable.
The dramatic sunrise colors really make this an incredibly beautiful shot.
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