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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
Salons are "a vital pillar of our high streets", he said, adding "many hair and beauty businesses will benefit from some of the other measures the chancellor introduced".
"I want to show the world the richness and beauty of African culture," says the Beninese-French music icon Angelique Kidjo of her return to the Proms.
Tuesday's killing of tourists gathered at a Himalayan beauty spot in Pahalgam was one of the deadliest incidents in Indian-administered Kashmir in recent years.
"To find beauty in ugliness is the province of the poet. The most beautiful defeat of my career."
She co-owns a beauty clinic in central Beijing and has become one of the most recognisable faces of China's plastic surgery boom.
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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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