beautiful

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English

Most common English words: England « sense « ten « #422: beautiful » possible » mark » followed

Etymology

(1520) From beauty + Germanic -ful (full of). Displaced earlier English sheen "beautiful" (from Middle English schene "beautiful", from Old English scīene "beautiful"), Middle English wliti "beautiful", from Old English wlitiġ "beautiful").

Pronunciation

Adjective

beautiful (comparative more beautiful, superlative most beautiful)

Positive
beautiful

Comparative
more beautiful

Superlative
most beautiful

  1. possessing charm and attractive
    Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.
  2. (of the weather) pleasant; clear.
  3. well executed
    The skater performed a beautiful axel.
  4. (as a pro-sentence) How beautiful that is!
    Beautiful! What a catch! (referring to an athlete catching a ball)
  5. (as a pro-sentence; ironic) How unfortunate that is!
    Beautiful! I dropped the soup on the floor!

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