BEAUTIFUL


Meaning of BEAUTIFUL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbyü-ti-fəl ]

adjective

Date: 15th century

1. : having qualities of beauty : exciting aesthetic pleasure

2. : generally pleasing : excellent

• beau·ti·ful·ly -f(ə-)lē adverb

• beau·ti·ful·ness -fəl-nəs noun

Synonyms:

beautiful , lovely , handsome , pretty , comely , fair mean exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure. beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses

beautiful mountain scenery

lovely is close to beautiful but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite

a lovely melody

handsome suggests aesthetic pleasure due to proportion, symmetry, or elegance

a handsome Georgian mansion

pretty often applies to superficial or insubstantial attractiveness

a painter of conventionally pretty scenes

comely is like handsome in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to

the comely grace of a dancer

fair suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness

fair of face

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.