Definition of Beautiful

1. Adjective. Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration. "A beautiful party"


2. Adjective. (of weather) highly enjoyable. "What a beautiful day"
Similar to: Pleasant

Definition of Beautiful

1. a. Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.

Definition of Beautiful

1. Adjective. Attractive and possessing charm. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of the weather) pleasant; clear. ¹

3. Adjective. well executed ¹

4. Adjective. (''as a pro-sentence'') How beautiful that is! ¹

5. Adjective. (''as a pro-sentence; ironic'') How unfortunate that is! ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beautiful

1. [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beautiful

beauteousness
beauteousnesses
beautes
beautician
beauticians
beautie
beautied
beauties
beautifiable
beautification
beautifications
beautified
beautifier
beautifiers
beautifies
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beautiful armadillo
beautiful armadillos
beautiful fruit dove
beautiful fruit doves
beautiful game
beautifuler
beautifulest
beautifull
beautifuller
beautifullest
beautifully
beautifulness
beautifulnesses
beautify

Literary usage of Beautiful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1921)
"Beautiful WOMEN WOMEN sit or move to and fro ... some old, some young, The young are beautiful—but the old are more beautiful than the young. ..."

2. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"All homage was for the beautiful stranger. While every body gazed, she swept superbly by and flung the ... She was beautiful before—she was radiant now. ..."

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