Definitions for beautiful

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beautiful beau·ti·ful

Spelling: [byoo-tuh-fuh l]

IPA: /ˈbyu tə fəl/

Beautiful is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 301 anagrams from letters in beautiful (abefiltuu).

Definitions for beautiful

noun

1. the concept of beauty (usually preceded by the).
2. (used with a plural verb) beautiful things or people collectively (usually preceded by the):
3. the ideal of beauty (usually preceded by the):

adjective

1. having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind:
2. excellent of its kind:
3. wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying.

interjection

1. wonderful; fantastic:
2. extraordinary; incredible: used ironically:

Origin of beautiful

First recorded in 1520-30; beauty + -ful

Examples for beautiful

It was a beautiful cameo of Alcibiades, with the quiver and bow of Eros.

That's where our big West is, over that way—isn't it fresh and green and beautiful?

It was motionless as marble; but never had she seen anything so beautiful, and so unearthly.

Chen bowed her head during the playing of “America the beautiful.”

Aspasia will tell you I have been a beautiful but idle dreamer all my life.

Its beautifully aged wooden exterior houses traditional floor seating and beautiful gardens typical of the area.

What is the use of a beautiful face, if one must be shut up in her own apartment for ever?

The sport of surfing is a very sexy sport, beautiful people on beautiful beaches in minimal clothing.

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.

Here is where the biking becomes the most beautiful — and increasingly challenging.