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How does the adjective 'beautiful' differ from other similar words?
Some common synonyms of beautiful are comely, fair, handsome, lovely, and pretty. While all these words mean "exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure," beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses.
// beautiful mountain scenery
How are the words 'comely' and 'handsome' related as synonyms of 'beautiful'?
Comely is like handsome in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to.
// the comely grace of a dancer
How do you spell beautiful?
This is just for fun, I am sorry if I'm breaking some rules for not engaging in serious topic here. However this topic can still be useful for students as they might learn some new, and yes, beautiful vocabulary.
So here we go, vote for one of these, or suggest your own favorite words.
It would be fun if we could find our winners! ;)
My choice is based exclusively on aesthetic criteria, but meaning and emotions are part of aeasthetics, not just sound. My proposals are listed alphabetically
1 albatross
2 approximately
3 atrocious
4 belong
5 bewildering
6 blemish
7 blizzard
8 bloom
9 blossom
10 breeze
11 brook
12 bumblebee
13 butterfly
14 candle
15 cockroach
16 concord
17 cosmic
18 cute
19 drunkard
20 dwell
21 eagle
22 earl
23 ecstatic
24 elephant
25 empress
26 enchantress
27 evergreen
28 exaggerate
29 exceptional
30 extinguish
31 falcon
32 fever
33 flourish
34 flower
35 flutter
36 forest
37 funeral
38 gentleman
39 hence
40 honey
41 horrendous
42 incense
43 iris
44 jeopardize
45 jolly
46 key
47 kitten
48 knowledge
49 lady
50 ladybug
51 lemonade
52 longing
53 marsh
54 marvelous
55 meadow
56 melt
57 merit
58 midnight
59 miracle
60 mist
61 moonlight
62 nightingale
63 nourishment
64 nurse
65 offering
66 opulence
67 penmanship
68 pour
69 rejuvenate
70 relentless
71 rite
72 rose
73 scent
74 seagull
75 senescence
76 shadow
77 sorceress
78 sorrow
79 sparkling
80 spring
81 surprise
82 swan
83 swift
84 teacher
85 teardrop
86 tepid
87 thrive
88 transient
89 translucent
90 twilight
91 vixen
92 wedding
93 weep
94 wisdom
95 witch
96 wither
97 wizard
98 wolf
99 yield
100 yoke