Synonyms: Beautiful

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  1. alluring
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
    His voice was alluring, whether he was aiming for that or not. Twilight
    A lure is used to catch fish, so something alluring draws you in, tempting and attracting you.
  2. appealing
    able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
    He ain’t handsome, but there’s something indescribably appealing about his face. Dread Nation
  3. breathtaking
    causing awe or astonishment
    The woman was breathtakingly beautiful and strangely familiar. The Mark of Athena
    If a person or a sight is so beautiful that it takes your breath away, well, that's breathtaking.
  4. dazzling
    amazingly impressive
    But no, she just smiled her dazzling smile—and vanished. Ella Enchanted
    We can't look directly at the sun because of its dazzling brightness; it overwhelms our vision and hurts our eyes. So to call someone dazzling is to say, metaphorically, that their beauty shines so brightly that it's disorienting. Dazzle comes from daze, which originated in the Old Norse dasa.
  5. elegant
    refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior, or style
    Her blond hair was precision cut, and her jewelry was subdued yet elegant. Three Little Words: A Memoir
  6. exquisite
    delicately beautiful
    And Cassiopeia’s dress was a marvel—a rich green velvet with exquisite silk rosettes stitched around the bodice. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling
    Exquisite is a good choice for describing extremely refined beauty, whether of a person's face or a work of art. Exquirere, its Latin root, means "to seek out;" it's also the root of quest.
  7. gorgeous
    dazzlingly beautiful
    I looked at her pretty face, her perfect makeup, her gorgeous hair. From Twinkle, with Love
  8. handsome
    pleasing in appearance
    My father was a tall, handsome man who always took great pride in his appearance. The Boy on the Wooden Box
    Handsome originally meant "easy to control," like a cooperative horse or a soft metal like gold that can be shaped without much force. Over time it came to mean "attractive."
  9. lovely
    lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
    I stare at the lovely calico dress in awe, fingers grazing the fine blue-patterned weave. Dread Nation
  10. pulchritudinous
    having great physical beauty
    They gazed, short breathed, in awe, upon this radiantly bestriped, unspeakably fascinating, wholly and resplendently pulchritudinous creation. Hough, Emerson
  11. radiant
    emanating or as if emanating light
    Mama Saedi's delicate features, stylish short hair, youthful skin, and radiant smile were regularly commented upon. Americanized
    Like dazzling, radiant implies that someone is so beautiful that they shine brightly.
  12. ravishing
    stunningly beautiful
    As a matter of fact, I started to think I looked quite ravishing. Kira-Kira
  13. resplendent
    having great beauty
    They were all standing there with confused looks on their faces when I appeared in front of them, resplendent in my new threads. Ready Player One: A Novel
  14. splendid
    characterized by grandeur
    The Great Hall looked its usual splendid self, decorated for the start-of-term feast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
  15. stunning
    strikingly beautiful or attractive
    Mother was elegant and beautiful, stunning in fact, with an unusually wide smile that lit up everything around her. Between Shades of Gray
    To stun someone is to daze them or knock them unconscious, like in Star Trek's famous "Set phasers on stun." If someone is so beautiful that you get dizzy looking at them, they're stunning.
Created on Thu Mar 19 23:17:38 EDT 2020 (updated Wed Mar 03 15:27:27 EST 2021)

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