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We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin.
Hugo Ball

Meaning of "beautiful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BEAUTIFUL

beautiful  [ˈbjuːtɪfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEAUTIFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beautiful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BEAUTIFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Beautiful

Beautiful is an adjective used to describe things as possessing beauty. Beautiful may also refer to...

Definition of beautiful in the English dictionary

The definition of beautiful in the dictionary is possessing beauty; aesthetically pleasing. Other definition of beautiful is highly enjoyable; very pleasant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEAUTIFUL


bountiful
ˈbaʊntɪfʊl
dismayful
dɪsˈmeɪfʊl
dutiful
ˈdjuːtɪfʊl
eyeful
ˈaɪfʊl
fanciful
ˈfænsɪfʊl
joyful
ˈdʒɔɪfʊl
merciful
ˈmɜːsɪfʊl
pitiful
ˈpɪtɪfʊl
playful
ˈpleɪfʊl
plentiful
ˈplɛntɪfʊl
preyful
ˈpreɪfʊl
sighful
ˈsaɪfʊl
swayful
ˈsweɪfʊl
trayful
ˈtreɪfʊl
unbeautiful
ʌnˈbjuːtɪfʊl
undutiful
ʌnˈdjuːtɪfʊl
unjoyful
ʌnˈdʒɔɪfʊl
unmerciful
ʌnˈmɜːsɪfʊl
unpitiful
ʌnˈpɪtɪfʊl
weariful
ˈwɪərɪfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEAUTIFUL

beaut
beauteous
beauteously
beauteousness
beautician
beauties
beautification
beautified
beautifier
beautifies
beautiful game
beautiful hook-tip
beautiful people
beautifully
beautifulness
beautify
beauty
beauty competition
beauty contest
beauty cream

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEAUTIFUL

awful
body beautiful
careful
colorful
delightful
faithful
grateful
handful
harmful
helpful
hopeful
lady bountiful
meaningful
painful
peaceful
powerful
successful
thankful
useful
wonderful

Synonyms and antonyms of beautiful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEAUTIFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «beautiful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of beautiful

Translation of «beautiful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEAUTIFUL

Find out the translation of beautiful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beautiful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beautiful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

美丽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

precioso
570 millions of speakers

English

beautiful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुंदर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَمِيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

красивый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bonito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুন্দর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

beau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cantik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schön
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

美しい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아름다운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ayu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đẹp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழகான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुंदर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güzel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piękny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

красивий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frumos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όμορφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pragtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vacker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vakker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beautiful

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEAUTIFUL»

The term «beautiful» is very widely used and occupies the 1.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEAUTIFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «beautiful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «beautiful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beautiful

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10 QUOTES WITH «BEAUTIFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word beautiful.
1
Sherwood Anderson
That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.
2
Hugo Ball
We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin.
3
Roberto Cavalli
I love a woman, I love to judge how beautiful she is, how beautiful I can make her.
4
Georgina Chapman
The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods.
5
Christo
We tell them that we believe it will be beautiful because that is our specialty, we only create joy and beauty. We have never done a sad work. Through the drawings, we hope a majority will be able to visualize it.
6
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
It's beautiful being out in the wild.
7
Marlene Dietrich
Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
8
Ines de La Fressange
I saw a lot of haute couture all my childhood, and without knowing it I've learned from when I was a child to recognise beautiful fabrics.
9
Chuck Eddy
Gary Allan has long been one of country's most reliably velvet-voiced beautiful losers.
10
Estelle
I feel like I'm beautiful, and every woman should feel like that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEAUTIFUL»

Discover the use of beautiful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beautiful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Information is Beautiful
We need a brand new way to take it all in. 'Information is Beautiful' transforms the ideas surrounding and swamping us into graphs and maps that anyone can follow at a single glance.
David McCandless, 2009
2
Beautiful
When thirteen-year-old Cassie moves to a suburb of Seattle, she is determined to leave her boring, good-girl existence behind.
Amy Reed, 2009
3
Beautiful: A Beautiful Girl. an Evil Man. One Inspiring True ...
Beautiful is the moving true story of how one young woman had her mind, body and spirit cruelly snatched from her and how she fought to get them back.
Katie Piper, 2011
4
Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions
In this insightful book, you'll learn from the best data practitioners in the field just how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working with data can be.
Toby Segaran, Jeff Hammerbacher, 2009
5
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind traces the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash, Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of thirty, who dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series of deep problems deemed "impossible" by other mathematicians.
Sylvia Nasar, 2011
6
Beautiful Disaster: A Novel
The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl.
Jamie McGuire, 2012
7
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Beautiful Boy is a fiercely candid memoir that brings immediacy to the emotional rollercoaster of loving a child who seems beyond help.
David Sheff, 2009
8
Beautiful Fighting Girl
From Nausicaä to Sailor Moon, understanding girl heroines of manga and anime within otaku culture.
Tamaki Saitō, 2011
9
Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
This book contains 33 chapters contributed by Brian Kernighan, KarlFogel, Jon Bentley, Tim Bray, Elliotte Rusty Harold, Michael Feathers,Alberto Savoia, Charles Petzold, Douglas Crockford, Henry S. Warren,Jr., Ashish Gulhati, Lincoln Stein, ...
Andy Oram, Greg Wilson, 2007
10
Color Me Beautiful
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Carole Jackson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEAUTIFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beautiful is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Former Disney Chief Clarifies 'Beautiful, Funny Women' Comment
Michael Eisner has released a statement to The Hollywood Reporter clarifying his earlier remark about beautiful, funny women in the movie ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
Tamera Mowry Reveals the "Beautiful" Meaning Behind Baby …
"It was and is such a beautiful name," she shared. The only catch was the Sister, Sister star wanted to spell her daughter's name phonetically. «E! Online, Jul 15»
3
Simply beautiful
“You at your most beautiful,” Tilbury sums up, when asked about the ethos behind her eponymous beauty line, which launches at Holt Renfrew ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
4
White Filly Beautiful Devil Carries Tradition
Beautiful Devil, a rare white Thoroughbred bred and owned by Patchen Wilkes Farm, won in her second career start at Belterra Park in Ohio ... «BloodHorse.com, Jul 15»
5
The Mornin' Ain't So Beautiful For This Dark 'Oklahoma!' Production
Now, it does it in a way that is sunny and funny and full of beautiful music. And that juxtaposition makes that violence even more disquieting." ... «NPR, Jul 15»
6
Beautiful Vermont Swimming Hole Takes Another Life
Police tell The Burlington Free Press that 22-year-old Elanie Santor of Milton was walking with two companions Sunday when she lost her ... «WAMC, Jul 15»
7
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Maya and Mom Fight - Steffy …
“The Bold and the Beautiful” spoilers for Monday, July 6, tease that Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) will make another attempt to pull Liam ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 15»
8
'American Idol' Winner Nick Fradiani Performs 'Beautiful Life' at FIFA …
As a part of his American Idol win, Fradiani's "Beautiful Life" was used as the official anthem of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Billboard ... «Music Times, Jul 15»
9
A Beautiful Look at a Greek Tradition Involving 100K Homemade …
Here's a fantastic piece of visual storytelling: the New York-based production company Variable recently traveled to the small Greek island of ... «PetaPixel, Jul 15»
10
The Beautiful Mustachioed Woman: How Frida Kahlo Inspired Me To …
Before I discovered the wonderful effects of laser hair removal, I had a mustache. Not the cute, peach fuzz, blonde kind but a regular ol', ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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