beauty
n.
prettiness, handsomeness
Beauty
Beauty is commonly defined as a characteristic present in a
person,
place,
object or
idea that provides a
perceptual experience of
pleasure,
meaning or
satisfaction to the mind or to the eyes, arising from
sensory manifestations such as a shape, color, personality, sound, design or rhythm. Beauty is studied as part of
aesthetics,
sociology,
social psychology and
culture. Beauty, as a cultural creation, is also extremely
commercialized.
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beauty
Noun
1. the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
(antonym) ugliness
(hypernym) appearance, visual aspect
(hyponym) raw beauty
(attribute) beautiful
(derivation) deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
2. a very attractive or seductive looking woman
(synonym) smasher, stunner, knockout, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish
(hypernym) woman, adult female
3. an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"
(synonym) beaut
(hypernym) exemplar, example, model, good example
beauty
n.
beauty, prettiness, handsomeness
Beauty
(n.)
Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.
(n.)
An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.
(n.)
A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature.
(n.)
A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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