Definitions for Beauty
ˈbyu tibeau·ty

Princeton's WordNet(2.87 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. beautynoun

   the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

2. smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dishnoun

   a very attractive or seductive looking woman

3. beauty, beautnoun

   an outstanding example of its kind

   "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"

Wiktionary(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. beautynoun

   The property, quality or state of being "that which pleases merely by being perceived" (Aquinas); that which is attractive, pleasing, fine or good looking; comeliness.

2. beautynoun

   Someone who is beautiful.

   Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.

3. beautynoun

   Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

4. beautynoun

   An excellent or egregious example of something.

5. beautynoun

   The excellence, e.g. the genius

   The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!

6. beautynoun

   A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).

7. beautynoun

   Beauty treatment; cosmetology.

8. beautyadverb

   Of high quality, well done.

   He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

9. beautyinterjection

   Thanks! Cool!

   It's the long weekend. Beauty!

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. BEAUTYnoun

   Etymology: beaute, Fr.

   1. That assemblage of graces, or proportion of parts, which pleases the eye.

   Beauty consists of a certain composition of colour and figure, causing delight in the beholder. John Locke.

   Your beauty was the cause of that effect,
   Your beauty, that did haunt me in my sleep. ——
   —— If I thought that, I tell thee, homicide,
   These nails should rend that beauty from my cheeks. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   Beauty is best in a body that hath rather dignity of presence than beauty of aspect. The beautiful prove accomplished, but not of great spirit, and study for the most part rather behaviour than virtue. Francis Bacon.

   The best part of beauty is that which a picture cannot express. Francis Bacon, Ornament. Ration. №. 64.

   Of the beauty of the eye I shall say little, leaving that to poets and orators; that it is a very pleasant and lovely object to behold, if we consider the figure, colours, splendour of it, is the least I can say. John Ray, on Creation.

   He view’d their twining branches with delight,
   And prais’d the beauty of the pleasing sight. Alexander Pope.

   2. A particular grace, feature, or ornament.

   The ancient pieces are beautiful, because they resemble the beauties of nature; and nature will ever be beautiful, which resembles those beauties of antiquity. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   Wherever you place a patch, you destroy a beauty. Addison.

   3. Any thing more eminently excellent than the rest of that with which it is united.

   This gave me an occasion of looking backward on some beauties of my author in his former books. John Dryden, Fab. Pref.

   With incredible pains have I endeavoured to copy the several beauties of the ancient and modern historians. Arbuthnot.

   4. A beautiful person.

   Remember that Pellean conquerour,
   A youth, how all the beauties of the east
   He slightly view’d, and slightly overpass’d. Paradise Lost.

   What can thy ends, malicious beauty, be?
   Can he, who kill’d thy brother, live for thee? Dryden.

2. To Beautyverb

   To adorn; to beautify; to embellish.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   The harlot’s cheek, beautied with plast’ring art,
   Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it,
   Than is my deed to your most painted word. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Beauty

   Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes these objects pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics, one of the major branches of philosophy. As a positive aesthetic value, it is contrasted with ugliness as its negative counterpart. One difficulty in understanding beauty is because it has both objective and subjective aspects: it is seen as a property of things but also as depending on the emotional response of observers. Because of its subjective side, beauty is said to be "in the eye of the beholder". It has been argued that the ability on the side of the subject needed to perceive and judge beauty, sometimes referred to as the "sense of taste", can be trained and that the verdicts of experts coincide in the long run. This would suggest that the standards of validity of judgments of beauty are intersubjective, i.e. dependent on a group of judges, rather than fully subjective or fully objective. Conceptions of beauty aim to capture what is essential to all beautiful things. Classical conceptions define beauty in terms of the relation between the beautiful object as a whole and its parts: the parts should stand in the right proportion to each other and thus compose an integrated harmonious whole. Hedonist conceptions see a necessary connection between pleasure and beauty, e.g. that for an object to be beautiful is for it to cause disinterested pleasure. Other conceptions include defining beautiful objects in terms of their value, of a loving attitude towards them or of their function.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Beautynoun

   an assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense

2. Beautynoun

   a particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature

3. Beautynoun

   a beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman

4. Beautynoun

   prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion

Freebase(4.27 / 11 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Beauty

   Beauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture, for perfection. The experience of "beauty" often involves an interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature, which may lead to feelings of attraction and emotional well-being. Because this can be a subjective experience, it is often said that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." There is evidence that perceptions of beauty are evolutionarily determined, that things, aspects of people and landscapes considered beautiful are typically found in situations likely to give enhanced survival of the perceiving human's genes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Beauty

   bū′ti, n. a pleasing combination of qualities in a person or object: a particular grace or excellence: a beautiful person, esp. a woman, also applied collectively to the beautiful women of a special place: (pl.) beautiful passages or extracts from the poets.—v.t. (Shak.) to make beautiful.—adj. Beau′teous, full of beauty: fair: handsome.—adv. Beau′teously.—ns. Beau′teousness; Beau′tifier, one who or that which beautifies or makes beautiful.—adj. Beau′tiful, fair: with qualities that give delight to the senses, esp. the eye and ear, or which awaken admiration in the mind.—adv. Beau′tifully.—v.t. Beau′tify, to make beautiful: to grace: to adorn.—v.i. (rare) to become beautiful, or more beautiful.—ns. Beau′ty-sleep, the sleep before midnight, considered the most refreshing; Beau′ty-spot, a patch placed on the face to heighten or draw attention to a woman's beauty; a foil, or anything that emphasises beauty by contrast. [O. Fr. biaute (Fr. beauté)—Low L. bellitat-em—L. bellus.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Beauty

   Characteristics or attributes of persons or things which elicit pleasurable feelings.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. beauty

   The attribute or qualities that bring joy to our heart and soul.

   Beauty can be the tone a person speaks at, the way a person listens or demonstrates kindness and empathy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

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1. beauty

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Matched Categories

1. • Appearance
   • Exemplar
   • Woman

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Beauty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2420

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Beauty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3197

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Beauty' in Nouns Frequency: #1029

How to pronounce Beauty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Beauty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Beauty in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Beauty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Beauty in a Sentence

1. John Donne:

   Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

2. Ming Jin:

   Beauty products, food and beverage brands are the most popular. Recently hotpot and ramen brands are particularly coveted.

3. James Wilson:

   The beauty of diversification is that when one commodity is down, one of the others picks up the slack, that's not happening right now for BHP.

4. Pamela Merritt:

   But there has just been a lot of beauty along the way, and it carries us, the support is amazing.

5. Teresa of Ávila:

   We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because our faith tells us so, that we possess souls. As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or who dwells within them, or how precious they are, those are things which seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty.

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