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beautiful

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/

beautiful means: Very pleasing to look at.

adjective

GOOD LOOKINGA1

Very pleasing to look at.

  • Your garden is beautiful.
  • We saw a beautiful sunset yesterday.
  • She looked beautiful in her blue dress.

Similar words: lovely, pretty, attractive

Opposites: ugly

Common phrases: beautiful woman, beautiful view, beautiful flowers, look beautiful

AFTER NOUNC2

Placed after a noun to strongly praise its appearance, sometimes jokingly.

  • She praised the garden beautiful.
  • The book celebrates the city beautiful.
  • With its peeling paint, he jokingly called it the house beautiful.

How to use it: noun + beautiful (They dreamed of creating the house beautiful.)

Common phrases: house beautiful, city beautiful, garden beautiful

noun

ATTRACTIVE PERSONB2

An attractive person, especially when speaking directly to them in a friendly or loving way.

  • Hello, beautiful!
  • Good morning, beautiful, did you sleep well?
  • Come here, beautiful, and give me a hug.

Similar words: beauty

Common phrases: hello beautiful, hey beautiful, morning beautiful

Questions about beautiful

What does beautiful mean?

Very pleasing to look at.

What is beautiful in other languages?

Türkçe: güzel · Español: hermoso · Français: beau · Deutsch: schön · Italiano: bello · 日本語: 美しい

How do you pronounce beautiful?

It is pronounced /ˈbjuːtɪfəl/.

How do you use beautiful in a sentence?

Your garden is beautiful. We saw a beautiful sunset yesterday.

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