Antonyms for beautiful
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : byoo-tuh-fuhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbyu tə fəl |
Definition of beautiful
Origin :- mid-15c., from beauty + -ful. The beautiful people "the fashionable set" first attested 1964 in (where else?) "Vogue" (it also was the title of a 1941 play by U.S. dramatist William Saroyan). House Beautiful is from "Pilgrim's Progress," where it is a proper name of a place. Related: Beautifully.
- adj physically attractive
- What is the use of a beautiful face, if one must be shut up in her own apartment for ever?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- It was a beautiful cameo of Alcibiades, with the quiver and bow of Eros.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- It was motionless as marble; but never had she seen anything so beautiful, and so unearthly.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Aspasia will tell you I have been a beautiful but idle dreamer all my life.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- That's where our big West is, over that way—isn't it fresh and green and beautiful?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- We therefore camped for the night, with beautiful feed for the horses.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- To be with those she loved best, and to be driving over the beautiful earth!
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- It was hard to say at which season of the year Overton campus was most beautiful.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- This crystal pallor or a flushed joy—in one of the two she was most beautiful.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The view from the summit of the hill is commanding and beautiful, but its grape is unique.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
Synonyms for beautiful
- admirable
- alluring
- angelic
- appealing
- beauteous
- bewitching
- charming
- classy
- comely
- cute
- dazzling
- delicate
- delightful
- divine
- elegant
- enticing
- excellent
- exquisite
- fair
- fascinating
- fine
- foxy
- good-looking
- gorgeous
- graceful
- grand
- handsome
- ideal
- lovely
- magnificent
- marvelous
- nice
- pleasing
- pretty
- pulchritudinous
- radiant
- ravishing
- refined
- resplendent
- shapely
- sightly
- splendid
- statuesque
- stunning
- sublime
- superb
- symmetrical
- taking
- well-formed
- wonderful
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