beautiful

adjective
beau·ti·ful
byo͞oʹtĭ-fəl

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.

Example

“Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.”

Other meanings

Used emphatically or ironically, after the noun it qualifies.
That one likes very much.
“He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.”

Related words

all cats are beautiful
beautiful armadillo
beautiful game
beautiful people
beautifully
beautifulness
beautiful fruit dove
beautiful music
make beautiful music together
you have beautiful eyes
beautimous
bee-utiful

Example sentences

“You, the person reading this, are beautiful.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Where did you find this beautiful baby?”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
“Why can't women be handsome and men beautiful?”
Tatoeba · hecko · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "bewteful".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “beautiful” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.