beauty

Definition

  • noun: the quality of being physically attractive
  • noun: the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit
  • sometimes used before another noun
  • synonyms: loveliness, rage, fashion

Examples

  • We have different ideas/notions/conceptions of 'beauty'. [=different opinions about what makes things beautiful]

  • Her 'beauty' is beyond compare. [=she is very beautiful; no one is as beautiful as she is]

  • “A thing of 'beauty' is a joy for ever…” <aq>John Keats, 'Endymion' (1818)</aq>

Movie quotes

  • (..) And erm... there. You're a natural. No, really though, this sexhibition isn't about me trying to get you all aroused it's about the beauty of sex and how it brings us all together. How it excites and connects how it opens people's minds. After all, sex got us all here. Sex brings life. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Fleabag Title: Episode #1.6 Season: 1 Episode 6