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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beautiful \Beau"ti*ful\ (b[=u]"t[i^]*f[.u]l), adjective Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. --Lord Kames.
Syn: Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful. See {Fine}. -- {Beau"ti*ful*ly}, adverb -- {Beau"ti*ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beautiful
adjective
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"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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