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BEAUTY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The qualities that give pleasure to the senses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("beauty" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Attribute:
beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)
ugly (displeasing to the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beauty"):
raw beauty (beauty that is stark and powerfully impressive)
glory; resplendence; resplendency (brilliant radiant beauty)
exquisiteness (extreme beauty of a delicate sort)
picturesqueness (visually vivid and pleasing)
pulchritude (physical beauty (especially of a woman))
glamor; glamour (alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal))
beauteousness; comeliness; fairness; loveliness (the quality of being good looking and attractive)
cuteness; prettiness (the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman))
good looks; handsomeness (the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man))
attractiveness (sexual allure)
Antonym:
ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)
Derivation:
beauteous ((poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight)
beautician (someone who works in a beauty parlor)
beautify (make more beautiful)
beautify (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
beautify (be beautiful to look at)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An outstanding example of its kind
Example:
when I make a mistake it's a beaut
Synonyms:
beaut; beauty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("beauty" is a kind of...):
example; exemplar; good example; model (something to be imitated)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A very attractive or seductive looking woman
Synonyms:
beauty; dish; knockout; looker; lulu; mantrap; peach; ravisher; smasher; stunner; sweetheart
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beauty" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Context examples:
Here, on the left hand, there stands a shop window filled with photographs of the celebrities and beauties of the day.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Time had altered her since I last beheld her; it had endowed her with loveliness surpassing the beauty of her childish years.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“The beauty of it is that it’s a recycling system,” said Joseph Woo, senior author of the study.
(Oxygen-Producing Bacteria Could Help Heart Attack Sufferers, VOA News)
The robotic spacecraft briefly turned its gaze away from the ringed beauty of Saturn on April 11, 2014, to observe the distant planet, which is the seventh planet from the sun.
(Cassini spies the ice-giant planet Uranus, NASA)
Pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm.
(Attractive, NCI Thesaurus)
A chemical substance that comes from plants and is used to make vitamins E and K. Phytol is also found in soaps, beauty care products, and household products.
(Phytol, NCI Dictionary)
Hence, in most English castles, and in Castle Twynham among the rest, chambers were to be found which would seem to be not wanting either in beauty or in comfort.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Easy now, my beauties!” cried my uncle, settling down into his seat again, and looking back over his shoulder.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Three days of absolute fast does not improve one’s beauty, Watson.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The beauty of the study really lies in the counterintuitive discovery that easy to make does not mean the material will be worse, but can actually be better.
(‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency, University of Cambridge)
