beautiful

 
  Overview  of  adj  beautiful 
 
  The  adj  beautiful  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (25)  beautiful  --  (delighting  the  senses  or  exciting  intellectual  or  emotional  admiration;  "a  beautiful  child";  "beautiful  country";  "a  beautiful  painting";  "a  beautiful  theory";  "a  beautiful  party") 
  2.  (2)  beautiful  --  (aesthetically  pleasing) 
  3.  beautiful  --  ((of  weather)  highly  enjoyable;  "what  a  beautiful  day") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  beautiful 
 
  3  senses  of  beautiful 
 
  Sense  1 
  beautiful  (vs.  ugly) 
 
  ugly  (vs.  beautiful) 
  =>  disfigured 
  =>  grotesque,  monstrous,  unnatural 
  =>  hideous,  repulsive 
  =>  ill-favored,  ill-favoured 
  =>  scrofulous 
  =>  unsightly 
  =>  unlovely,  unpicturesque 
 
  Sense  2 
  beautiful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  aesthetic)  ->  inaesthetic,  unaesthetic 
 
  Sense  3 
  beautiful 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  pleasant)  ->  unpleasant 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  beautiful 
 
  3  senses  of  beautiful 
 
  Sense  1 
  beautiful  (vs.  ugly) 
  =>  beauteous 
  =>  bonny,  bonnie,  comely,  fair 
  =>  dishy 
  =>  exquisite 
  =>  fine-looking,  good-looking,  better-looking,  handsome,  well-favored,  well-favoured 
  =>  glorious,  resplendent,  splendid,  splendiferous 
  =>  gorgeous 
  =>  lovely 
  =>  picturesque 
  =>  pretty 
  =>  pretty-pretty 
  =>  pulchritudinous 
  =>  ravishing 
  =>  scenic 
  =>  stunning 
  =>  fair,  sightly 
  Also  See->  attractive#1;  graceful#1;  pleasing#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  beautiful 
  =>  aesthetic  (vs.  inaesthetic),  esthetic,  aesthetical,  esthetical 
 
  Sense  3 
  beautiful 
  =>  pleasant  (vs.  unpleasant) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  beautiful 
 
  1  of  3  senses  of  beautiful 
 
  Sense  1 
  beautiful  (vs.  ugly) 
  =>  beauty 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  beautiful 
 
  beautiful  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  beautiful 
  beautiful 
 
  Overview  of  adj  beautiful 
 
  The  adj  beautiful  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (25)  beautiful  --  (delighting  the  senses  or  exciting  intellectual  or  emotional  admiration;  "a  beautiful  child";  "beautiful  country";  "a  beautiful  painting";  "a  beautiful  theory";  "a  beautiful  party") 
  2.  (2)  beautiful  --  (aesthetically  pleasing) 
  3.  beautiful  --  ((of  weather)  highly  enjoyable;  "what  a  beautiful  day") 

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