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beauty
[ byoo-tee ]
noun
- 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).
Synonyms: , ,
- a beautiful person, especially a woman.
Synonyms:
- treatments and products that enhance a person’s physical attractiveness, or the industry associated with this:
She left her career in business administration to pursue her passion in beauty and wellness.
- a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.
- Often beauties. a beautiful feature or trait in nature or in some natural or artificial environment:
the rugged beauties of our seashore and mountains.
a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting.
- Informal. a particular advantage:
One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects.
- (often used ironically) someone or something that is extraordinary, remarkable, or amazing; a beaut:
That sunburn is a real beauty!
- something excellent of its kind:
My old car, now she was a beauty.
adjective
- relating to or being something intended to enhance a person’s physical attractiveness: Make time for yourself and book a relaxing beauty treatment in our first-class spa.
They have a wonderful handcrafted line of natural beauty products, including soaps, lip balm, scented oils, and moisturizer.
Make time for yourself and book a relaxing beauty treatment in our first-class spa.
beauty
/ ˈːɪ /
noun
- the combination of all the qualities of a person or thing that delight the senses and please the mind
- a very attractive and well-formed girl or woman
- informal.an outstanding example of its kind
the horse is a beauty
- informal.an advantageous feature
one beauty of the job is the short hours
- informal.a light-hearted and affectionate term of address
hello, my old beauty!
interjection
- ˈːɪ an expression of approval or agreement Also (Scot, Austral, and NZ)you beauty
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz··ٲ noun plural nonbeauties
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of beauty1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with beauty , also see that's the beauty of .Example Sentences
Former Times staff writer Daryl H. Miller dubbed Pointer a “natural beauty.”
If Brinkley’s new memoir, “Uptown Girl,” has one lesson to impart to its readers, it’s that no one, not even the beauty icon, rides through life for free.
Beside the beauty spot of the blue pool at Glen Rosa, a shoot from one of the newly-planted trees stands out on the blackened hillside.
The unassuming beauty of her singing adds much needed tonal variety.
Impossible beauty standards leave many feeling like they are not enough, which can affect sexual health or manifest into mental health conditions that affect sexual functioning.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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