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

  • (..) you have a cute little earring. I think it's coherent. Easy on the sass, alright? Looks like you have experience... No? You never thought about... starting a beauty salon or something? All right. Done. Now what are these gloves for? Er... we're going to wait a while more for this. (..)
    2011 The Intouchables