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beautiful

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As an adjective, beautiful means attractive and possessing beauty. As a noun, it means someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.

Meanings of beautiful

7 meanings

adjective

  1. Attractive and possessing beauty.

    “Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.”

    “There's a beautiful lake by the town.”

  2. Good, admirable.

    “He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.”

    “You've done a beautiful thing today.”

  3. of the weatherPleasant; clear.

    “It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.”

  4. Well executed.

    “The skater performed a beautiful axel.”

  5. Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

    “a beautiful child”

    “beautiful country”

    “a beautiful painting”

  6. (of weather) highly enjoyable

    “what a beautiful day”

noun

  1. 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.”

    “Hey, beautiful!”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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