beautiful
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Attractive and possessing charm.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
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(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
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Well executed.
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(as a pro-sentence ) How beautiful that is!
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(as a pro-sentence; ironic ) How unfortunate that is!
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Usage notes
The comparatives beautifuler' and '''beautifuller''', and the superlatives '''beautifulest''' and ' beautifullest have also occasionally been used, but are considered dated or obsolete.
Synonyms
* (possessing charm and attractive) beauteous, attractive, cute, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, sheen, handsome, hot (slang), lovely, nice-looking, pretty, shapely, fit (slang)
* (of the weather) clear, fine, nice, pleasant, sunny
* (well executed) excellent, exceptional, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, perfect, stylish, wonderful
* great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, very nice, wonderful (any of these can be prefixed with an intensifier such as'' bloody, damned ''or just)
* See also
Antonyms
* (possessing charm and attractive) grotesque, hideous, homely, plain, misshapen, repulsive, ugly; unbeautiful
* (of the weather) bad, cloudy, dull, miserable, overcast, rainy, wet
* (well executed) average, bad, mediocre, poor, shoddy, substandard, terrible, weak
Derived terms
* beautiful armadillo
* beautiful game
* beautiful people
* beautifully
* beautifulness
Related terms
* beauty
** See also
