This document contains a list of words describing different aspects of beauty or aesthetics, ranging from physical beauty to artistic or natural beauty. It includes terms like "alluring", "angelic", "appealing", "beauteous", "bewitching", "charming", and others to describe physical attractiveness. It also lists words for more abstract concepts like "dazzling", "delightful", "divine", and "magnificent" that relate to beauty in art, nature, or experiences. The list covers over 100 terms from "adroit" to "surreptitious" that can be used when discussing or analyzing beauty in various forms.
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Beautiful
1. Scrumptious!
alluring (very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive)
angelic (like an angel, esp. in virtue, beauty, etc. Example: angelic
sweetness.)
appealing (a rather dry substitute for “beautiful“..)
beauteous (beautiful, especially to the sight)
bewitching (as in enchanting, charming, fascinating, so beautiful with spice)
charming (as in pleasing, delightful “ again a not quite up-to-the-task word for
beautiful)
classy (stylish, admirably smart, elegant)
comely (pleasing in appearance, attractive, fair)
cute (pleasingly pretty, hardly an adequate replacement)
dazzling (deeply impressive)
delicate (dainty, exquisite or refined in perception or feeling; sensitive)
delightful (highly pleasing)
divine (perfect, of superhuman or surpassing excellence)
enticing (highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire)
exquisite (of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence)
fair (pleasing in appearance, attractive)
fine (meaning a multitude of things, amongst other good-looking and handsome)
good-looking (a pretty descriptive and self-explanatory variaton on “beautiful“)
gorgeous (splendid or sumptuous in appearance, magnificent)
graceful (characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or
speech)
grand (first-rate, very good, splendid, noble, majestic, dignified)
handsome (having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance
suggestive of health and strength)
ideal (conceived as constituting a standard of perfection or excellence)
lovely (charmingly or exquisitely beautiful, having a beauty that appeals to the
heart or mind as well as to the eye, as a person or a face.)
magnificent (of exceptional beauty, extraordinarily fine, superb)
marvelous (superb, excellent, incredible)
nice (really? No“)
pleasing (much better than “nice“, huh?)
pretty (pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness)
pulchritudinous (this has got to be the best alternate word for “beautiful“ of
them all “ AND “ it“s so easy on the tongue! Anyway, it refers to physical
beauty)
radiant (bright with joy, hope, etc.)
ravishing (extremely beautiful or attractive, enchanting, entrancing)
refined (oil? No, they mean “having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.“)
resplendent (shining brilliantly, gleaming, splendid)
shapely (having a pleasing shape, esp. with reference to a woman“s figure)
sightly (pleasing to the sight, attractive)
splendid (gorgeous, magnificent, sumptuous)
statuesque (as in “beautiful as a statue“? How about ficusesque as an additional
option?)
stunning (of striking beauty or excellence)
sublime (complete, absolute, supreme, outstanding)
superb (ace, of a proudly imposing appearance or kind)
symmetrical (this is actually listed as a synonym for “beautiful“, which I find
rather odd. Who is to say that symmetry is beautiful and assymetry isn“t?)
taking (captivating, winning or pleasing)
well-formed (I“ll say no more)
wonderful (of a sort that causes or arouses wonder, amazing, astonishing)
1 adroit Dexterous, agile.
2 adumbrate To very gently suggest.
3 aestivate To summer, to spend the summer.
4 ailurophile A cat-lover.
5 beatific Befitting an angel or saint.
6 beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.
7 blandiloquent Beautiful and flattering.
2. 8 caliginous Dark and misty.
9 champagne An effervescent wine.
10 chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.
11 chiaroscuro The arrangement of dark and light elements in a picture.
12 cockle A heart-shaped bivalve or a garden flower.
13 colporteur A book peddlar.
14 conflate To blend together, to combine different things.
15 cynosure A focal point of admiration.
16 desuetude Disuse.
17 diaphanous Filmy.
18 diffuse Spread out, not focused or concentrated.
19 dulcet Sweet, sugary.
20 ebullient Bubbling with enthusiasm.
21 effervescent Bubbly.
22 efflorescence Flowering, the opening of buds or a bloom.
23 elixir A good potion.
24 emollient A softener.
25 encomium A spoken or written work in praise of someone.
26 ephemeral Short-lived.
27 epicure A person who enjoys fine living, especially food and drink.
28 epiphany A sudden revelation.
29 erstwhile At one time, for a time.
30 eschew To reject or avoid.
31 esculent Edible.
32 esoteric Understood only by a small group of specialists.
33 ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
34 etiolate White from no contact with light.
35 evanescent Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
36 exuberant Enthusiastic, excited.
37 felicitous Pleasing.
38 fescue A variety of grass favored for pastures.
39 foudroyant Dazzling.
40 fragile Very, very delicate.
41 fugacioius Running, escaping.
42 gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.
43 glamour Beauty.
44 gossamer The finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk.
45 halcyon Happy, sunny, care-free.
46 hymeneal Having to do with a wedding.
47 imbricate To overlap to form a regular pattern.
48 imbroglio An altercation or complicated situation.
49 imbue To infuse, instill.
50 incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
51 ingenue A naïve young woman.
52 inglenook The place beside the fireplace.
53 inspissate To thicken.
54 inure To jade.
55 jejune Dull; childish.
56 lagniappe A gift given to a customer for their patronage.
57 lagoon A small gulf or inlet in the sea.
58 languor Listlessness, inactivity.
59 lassitude Weariness, listlessness.
60 laughter The response to something funny.
61 lilt To move musically or lively, to have a lively sound.
62 lithe Slender and flexible.
63 loquacious Talkative.
64 luxuriant Thick, lavish.
65 mellifluous Sweet-sounding.
66 missive A message or letter.
67 moiety One of two equal parts, a half.
68 mondegreen A misanalyzed phrase.
69 nebulous Foggy.
70 niveous Snowy, snow-like.
71 obsequious Fawning, subservience.
3. 72 odalisque A concubine in a harem.
73 oeuvre A work.
74 offing That part of the sea between the horizon and the offshore.
75 onomatopoeia The creation of words by imitating sound.
76 paean A formal expression of praise.
77 palimpsest A manuscript written over one or more earlier ones.
78 panacea A complete solution for all problems.
79 panoply A complete set.
80 pastiche A mixture of art work (art or music) from various sources.
81 peccadillo A peculiarity.
82 pelagic Related to the sea or ocean.
83 penumbra A half-shadow, the edge of a shadow.
84 peregrination Wandering, travels.
85 petrichor The smell of earth after a rain.
86 plethora A great excess, overabundance.
87 porcelain A fine white clay pottery.
88 potamophilous Loving rivers.
89 propinquity A nearness, similarity, or kinship.
90 Pyrrhic Victorious despite heavy losses.
91 quintessential The ultimate, the essence of the essence.
92 redolent Sweet-smelling.
93 rhapsody A beautiful musical piece.
94 riparian Having to do with the bank of a river or other body of water.
95 ripple A small, circular wave emanating from a central point.
96 scintillate To sparkle with brilliant light.
97 sempiternal Forever and ever.
98 seraglio Housing for a harem.
99 serendipity Finding something while looking for something else.
100 surreptitious Sneaky.