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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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Nitrate is beautiful, but it has a shelf life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

As the monsoon monsoons, our lights and cameras are hastily scooped up and moved into the beautiful Victorian kitchen of nearby Kenwood House.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

For anyone new to the beautiful game, here's what you need to know:

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

His recruiting focused on the beautiful people of the 1980s, so the screen fills with jet-setting supermodels and nights at Studio 54.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

But I earnestly believed—and all the books agreed—that I would look beautiful to the man who loved me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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