Beautiful

1. Attractive and possessing beauty.
2. (of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
3. Well executed..

Usage notes

• The term carries a distinctly feminine aspect and is mostly not applied to men (in which case handsome is more appropriate and de rigueur).

SynonymsEdit

• (possessing charm and attractive): beauteous, attractive, cute, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, sheen, handsome, hot(slang), lovely, nice-looking, pretty, shapely, fit (slang)
• (of the weather): clear, fine, nice, pleasant, sunny
• (well executed): excellent, exceptional, good, great, marvelous, perfect, stylish, wonderful
• (ironic: how unfortunate): great, marvelous, nice, very nice, wonderful (any of these can be prefixed with an intensifier such as bloody, damned orjust)

AntonymsEdit

• (possessing charm and attractive): grotesque, hideous, homely, plain, misshapen, repulsive, ugly; unbeautiful
• (of the weather): bad, cloudy, dull, miserable, overcast, rainy, wet
• (well executed): average, bad, mediocre, poor, shoddy, substandard, terrible, weak