beauty

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UK /ˈbjuːti/ US /ˈbjuti/

noun 5intj 2adj 1verb 1

Collocations

(noun.) quality of being beautiful

ADJ

breathtaking, extraordinary, great, outstanding, sheer

The sheer beauty of the sunset made everyone stop and stare in silence.

classical

The ancient Greek sculptures displayed a classical beauty that still inspires artists today.

natural | physical | scenic

BEAUTY + VERB

last

fade

As time passed, the old photograph's beauty began to fade from the sunlight.

BEAUTY + NOUN

competition, contest | queen | parlour, salon | treatment | spot

PHRASES

beauty is in the eye of the beholder, beauty is only skin-deep

(noun.) beautiful person or thing

ADJ

great

The garden's great beauty takes your breath away every spring when the flowers bloom.

absolute, real

That antique vase is an absolute beauty, and it's been in our family for generations.

little

That old car might be rusty, but it's a little beauty when the engine starts up.

Definitions

noun

The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

‘Say, hast thou seen enough!’ ‘I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,’ I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.

Someone who is beautiful.

Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.

The website calls a vote for Alyona a vote against "beauties who do not look natural and who cannot be distinguished from each other" and rails against the "imposed standards" of 90-60-90 vital statistics, and "cigarettes with out nicotine and coffee without caffeine".

Those aspects or elements that make someone or something beautiful.

There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.

Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

What a goal! That was a real beauty!

An excellent or egregious example of something.

He got into a fight and ended up with two black eyes – two real beauties!

intj

Thanks!

Cool!

It's the long weekend. Beauty!

adj

Of high quality, well done.

He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an outstanding example of its kind

beaut

noun — a very attractive or seductive looking woman

Antonyms

ugliness

Idioms & Phrases

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Different people have different views on what is beautiful; beauty is subjective.

He is referring to the relativity of "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" an idea that became popular in the 18th cent.

beauty is only skin deep

A person's character matters more than their appearance.

"Handsome those that handsome do say I; beauty is only skin deep; it is the principle of the heart I consider.

age before beauty

A phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones.

It is recorded that Mrs. Parker and a snooty debutante were both going in to supper at a party: the debutante made elaborate way, saying sweetly "Age before beauty, Mrs. Parker." "

beauty sleep

Originally, sleep taken before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to beauty and health; now (chiefly humorous), sleep at any time needed by one to stay beautiful; (countable) an instance of such sleep.

A medical man, who may be called up at any moment, must make sure of his ‘beauty-sleep.’

beauty queen

The female winner of a beauty contest.

[A]s a moose-hunting former beauty queen, [Sarah] Palin is a kooky character – precisely the sort of person a producer would home in on at the auditions like a dog sniffing meat.

Example Bank

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and

Wiktionary

‘Say, hast thou seen enough!’ ‘I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,’ I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.

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Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.

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It's the long weekend. Beauty!

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He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

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Beauty lies in the eyes of the one who sees.

Tatoeba · #2151

Usage Notes

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