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Definitions for Beauty

[1] the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
[2] a beautiful person, especially a woman.
[3] a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.
[4] Often beauties. something that is beautiful in nature or in some natural or artificial environment.
[5] an individually pleasing or beautiful quality; grace; charm: a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting.
[6] Informal . a particular advantage: One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects.
[7] (usually used ironically) something extraordinary: My sunburn was a real beauty.
[8] something excellent of its kind: My old car was a beauty.
[9] the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind
[10] a very attractive and well-formed girl or woman
[11] informal an outstanding example of its kind the horse is a beauty
[12] informal an advantageous feature one beauty of the job is the short hours
[13] informal , old-fashioned a light-hearted and affectionate term of address hello, my old beauty!
[14] (NZ ˈbjuːdɪ ) an expression of approval or agreement Also (Scot, Austral, and NZ): you beauty

Words related to Beauty

style, delicacy, artistry, elegance, refinement, allure, charm, grace, vision, importance, feature, value, symmetry, fascination, loveliness, pulchritude, attraction, fairness, polish, comeliness

Words nearby Beauty

beautician, beautiful, beautiful people, beautifully, beautify, beauty, beauty contest, beauty is only skin deep, beauty queen, beauty salon, beauty sleep

Origin of Beauty

1225–75; Middle English be (a )ute < Old French beaute; replacing Middle English bealte < Old French beltet < Vulgar Latin *bellitāt- (stem of *bellitās ), equivalent to Latin bell (us ) fine + -itāt- -ity

Other words from Beauty

non·beau·ty , noun, plural non·beau·ties.

Word origin for Beauty

C13: from Old French biauté , from biau beautiful; see beau

Synonyms for Beauty

allure, artistry, charm, delicacy, elegance, good looks, grace, refinement, style, adorableness, allurement, attraction, bloom, class, comeliness, exquisiteness, fairness, fascination, glamor, handsomeness, loveliness, polish, pulchritude, shapeliness, symmetry, winsomeness