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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 meaningsadjective
Attractive and possessing beauty.
“Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.”
“There's a beautiful lake by the town.”
Good, admirable.
“He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.”
“You've done a beautiful thing today.”
of the weatherPleasant; clear.
“It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.”
Well executed.
“The skater performed a beautiful axel.”
Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
“a beautiful child”
“beautiful country”
“a beautiful painting”
(of weather) highly enjoyable
“what a beautiful day”
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.”
“Hey, beautiful!”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).