Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Aesthetically pleasing: Having qualities that delight the senses, especially sight, through harmony, form, or color.
   • Excellent or wonderful: Of a very high standard; giving great pleasure or satisfaction.

Usage

• Describing Appearance: Used to describe people, places, or things that are visually attractive.
  • She wore a beautiful dress to the party.
  • They visited a beautiful beach with white sand.
• Describing Abstract Qualities: Can describe non-physical things like ideas, experiences, or actions that are admirable or excellent.
  • It was a beautiful gesture of kindness.
  • He has a beautiful voice.

Examples

• Describing People/Objects:
  • The garden is full of beautiful flowers in the spring.
  • She is not only intelligent but also beautiful.
• Describing Experiences/Concepts:
  • We had a beautiful time on our vacation.
  • The scientist proposed a beautiful solution to the complex problem.

Advanced Usage

• "Beautifully" (Adverb): In a beautiful manner.
  • She sang the song beautifully.
• "Beautiful people": A phrase sometimes used to refer to fashionable, wealthy, or famous people.
  • The club was full of beautiful people.

Variants and Related Words

• Beauty (n): The quality of being beautiful.
  • They admired the beauty of the landscape.
• Beautify (v): To make something beautiful.
  • They planted flowers to beautify the park.

Synonyms

• Attractive: Pleasing in appearance.
• Lovely: Very beautiful or attractive.
• Gorgeous: Extremely beautiful or attractive.
• Stunning: Extremely impressive or attractive.
• Picturesque: Visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way.

Antonyms

• Ugly: Unpleasant or repulsive in appearance.
• Unattractive: Not pleasing in appearance.

Idioms and Phrases

• "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder": The perception of beauty is subjective and varies from person to person.
  • I don't like that painting, but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
• "Beautiful mind": Refers to a person who is highly intelligent or has brilliant ideas (popularized by the film title).
  • The mathematician was known for his beautiful mind.

Adjective

1. (of weather) highly enjoyable
   • what a beautiful day
2. delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
   • a beautiful child
   • beautiful country
   • a beautiful painting
   • a beautiful theory
   • a beautiful party