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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbyu tə fəl /




Usage

What are other ways to say beautiful? A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower.

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Appeared in the May 27, 2026, print edition as 'Bleak and Beautiful'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Her favourite song is Beautiful, and its mix of vulnerability and defiance quietly echoes through her own work.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The GOP legislation known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed into law in 2025, created a temporary federal income-tax deduction for tips, in effect from 2025 to 2028.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

“All of a sudden it was like ‘A Beautiful Mind,’” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Beautiful women are the torment of my existence.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak




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