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beautiful

[byoo-tuh-fuhl] / ˈbju 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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"We are absolutely devastated to hear what has happened. Helen was a beautiful person. She didn't have a bad bone in her body," Woodrow told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

I’ve never thought a table needed 12 identical bowls to be beautiful.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Her parents, Theo and Rhiannon, described her as a "beautiful little girl" and added: "This is a tragedy from which we will never recover."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Even at that young age, I thought she was a beautiful writer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Kane family had not recognized the beautiful, famous Maggie Fox as Elisha’s fiancée.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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