Define the word beautiful"Beautiful" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Beautiful \Beau"ti*ful\ (b[=u]"t[i^]*f[.u]l), a.
Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the
sight or the mind.
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A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is
more beautiful than a parallelogram. --Lord Kames.
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Syn: Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful;
pretty; delightful. See Fine. -- Beau"ti*ful*ly,
adv. -- Beau"ti*ful*ness, n.
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"beautiful" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
beautiful
adj 1: delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional
admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country";
"a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a
beautiful party" [ant: ugly]
2: aesthetically pleasing
3: (of weather) highly enjoyable; "what a beautiful day"
"beautiful" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "beautiful":
admirable, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, alluring, appealing,
art-conscious, artistic, arty, attractive, beauteous, bonny,
charming, choice, comely, delightful, elegant, endowed with beauty,
excellent, exquisite, eye-filling, fair, fine, first-rate,
flowerlike, glorious, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, gracile,
handsome, hear, heavy, incomparable, lovely, magnificent,
of consummate art, ornamental, painterly, personable, pleasant,
pleasing, pretty, proper, pulchritudinous, radiant, resplendent,
smashing, spectacular, splendid, stunning, sublime, superb,
superior, tasteful, well done, well-favored, wonderful
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