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beautiful

/ˈbju.tɪ.fəl/adjective3 syllables

Beautiful means: delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration.

Synonyms for beautiful33

adjective, as in delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

beauteous, bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly, dishy, exquisite, fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured
and 10 more, on fleek, glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous, gorgeous, lovely, picturesque, pretty, pretty-pretty

adjective, as in (of weather) highly enjoyable

pleasant

also used for beautiful

attractive, cute, sheen, hot, nice-looking, shapely, fit, clear

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Opposites of beautiful

ugly

What does beautiful mean?2

adjective

1

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration“a beautiful child”

2

(of weather) highly enjoyable“what a beautiful day”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Beautiful in a sentence

  • Seen from the plane, the island looks very beautiful.CM
  • Its flower is beautiful, but it bears no fruit.zumley
  • The piano was made of beautiful, dark brown wood.CK
  • They made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar.AlanF_US
  • Seen from a plane, that island is very beautiful.Lumi_alt
  • That painting is beautiful, and so is this one.CK
  • Seen from the top of the hill, the island is very beautiful.unknown
  • We must seek after the true, the good and the beautiful.unknown

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