beautiful
About 49.56 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.
- adjective Used emphatically or ironically, after the noun it qualifies.
the house beautiful
- adjective That one likes very much.
He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.
- adjective Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful.
Beethoven's most beautiful sonata
- adjective Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance.
The skater performed a beautiful axel.
- noun Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
The man was faithful to his wife, ignoring the many blonde beautifuls who surrounded him wherever he went.
Similar words
gorgeous sightly comely fair beauteous pulchritudinous pretty well-favoured lovely ravishing
Often followed by
and in woman as than young to girl things
Word family
beautifuler beautifulest beautifulness beautifulnesses
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