beautiful

A1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled bloofer

US /ˈbju.tɪ.fəl/ UK /ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #362

Meanings

1

adj
Very pleasing to look at; attractive.

Everyone thought the bride looked absolutely beautiful.
2

adj
Very pleasing to the senses or the mind; lovely.

They listened to a beautiful piece of music.
3

adj
Very good or enjoyable.

What a beautiful day for a walk in the park!

Thesaurus

Synonyms

attractive beauteousbeautifoolbeautimousbonnie breathtaking captivating clear comely cute divine esculent

Opposites

average bad cloudy disgusting dull grotesque hideous homely mediocre miserable misshapen overcast

Word family

Derived forms beautifully beautifulnessbeautimousbee-utifulbucyruscutefulnonbeautifulprettiful

Related forms beauty shining

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder. Old Latin *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Vulgar Latin -tās Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English bewteful English beautiful From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive…

bewteful Middle English

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Describing Qualities

# beautiful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbju.tɪ.fəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈbjuːtɪ.fəl
**Frequency rank:** 362

## Meanings
1. Very pleasing to look at; attractive.
2. Very pleasing to the senses or the mind; lovely.
3. Very good or enjoyable.

## Examples
- Everyone thought the bride looked absolutely beautiful.
- They listened to a beautiful piece of music.
- What a beautiful day for a walk in the park!

## Synonyms
- attractive
- beauteous
- beautifool
- beautimous
- bonnie
- breathtaking
- captivating
- clear
- comely
- cute
- divine
- esculent

## Antonyms
- average
- bad
- cloudy
- disgusting
- dull
- grotesque
- hideous
- homely
- mediocre
- miserable
- misshapen
- overcast

## Derived Forms
- beautifully
- beautifulness
- beautimous
- bee-utiful
- bucyrus
- cuteful
- nonbeautiful
- prettiful

## Related Forms
- beauty
- shining

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bewteful
- Affix: -ful - full of

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonusder. Old Latin *duenelos Vulgar Latin bellus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Vulgar Latin -tās Vulgar Latin *bellitātem Anglo-Norman biautébor. Middle English beaute Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English bewteful English beautiful From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive…

## AI Etymology
Beautiful's historical chain begins with Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- and Proto-Italic *dwenos and later passes through Proto-Germanic *-fullaz, Old English -ful, Middle English -ful, Middle English bewteful, English beautiful.

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- Describing Qualities

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