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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.

Example Sentences

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"In the past it was just a field that was mown, whereas now we've got this beautiful landscape with all the seeded grasses," Brooks said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“I really believe that one of the most beautiful things art does for us is remind us that we are not alone,” Wicks says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

A consistent message emerged: Los Angeles was not a beautiful, vibrant metropolis with serious problems, but a hellhole verging on being lost for good.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

“She writes the same kind of beautiful humor that reminds me of Katie’s stuff; it’s so dry, acerbic, intelligent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

In June the first of many hundreds of people arrived at the beautiful home in Bloemendaal.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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