beauteous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for beauteous
Synonyms
aesthetic (also esthetic), attractive, beautiful, comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, lovely, lovesome, pretty, ravishing, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored
Antonyms
grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, plain, ugly, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, uncute, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly
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For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland! — Doug Donovan, baltimoresun.com, "The debate over Maryland's state song is a familiar refrain," 15 Mar. 2018 The fascinating and beauteous Roman city of Arles in Provence is enjoying a vital artistic renaissance, due in no small part to the vision and generosity of the cultural philanthropist Maja Hoffmann. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, "From Renaissance Masters to ’80s Enfants Terribles, Hamish Bowles Presents His European Art Agenda," 19 Jan. 2018 Gershwin's music flows out from the stage in great and beauteous waves. — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, "16 shows to see now," 11 Aug. 2017 She is rendered destitute along with her cousin, the beauteous actress Comfort Vertue, who is going on 30 and losing a bit of her former luster. — Jean Zimmerman, New York Times, "New Novels Depict Valiant Women of Old America," 14 July 2017 Two men pursue the Black Pearl, hoping to rescue this beauteous damsel: Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), a blacksmith and childhood friend secretly in love with her, and haughty Commodore Norrington (Jack Davenport), who fancies himself her fiance. — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' — THR's 2003 Review," 25 May 2017 Miraculously, the slow, stuttering, myopic Rohit is transformed into a hero who can dance, woo the beauteous heroine and defeat the bad guys. — Wired Staff, WIRED, "Bollywood Superhero," 11 June 2006These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beauteous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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