Classes Sentient and Moral Powers Personal Affections Discriminative Affections Beauty
Beauty
Nouns
beauty, the beautiful, le beau ideal. [Science of the perception of beauty] aesthetics, callaesthetics. [-beauty of people] pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty
symmetry etc. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry
comeliness, fairness etc. adj.
polish, gloss
good effect, good looks
belle tournure
trigness
bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence
sublimity, sublimification. concinnity, delicacy, refinement
charm, style. Venus, Aphrodite, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo, Hyperion, Adonis, Antionous, Narcissus. peacock, butterfly
garden
flower of, pink of
bijou
jewel etc. (ornament) Ornament
work of art. flower, flow'ret gay
[flowers: list] wildflower
rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower. pleasurableness etc. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.] Pleasurableness
landscaping, landscape gardening
decoration etc. Ornament
calisthenics. [person who is beautiful] beauty
hunk (of men) .
Verbs
be beautiful etc. adj.
shine, beam, bloom
become one etc. (accord) Agreement
set off, grace. render beautiful etc. adj.
beautify
polish, burnish
gild etc. (decorate) Ornament
set out. snatch a grace beyond the reach of art" [Pope] .
Adjectives
beautiful, beauteous
handsome
gorgeous
pretty
lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing
attractive etc. (inviting) Motive
delicate, dainty, refined
fair, personable, comely, seemly
bonny [Scot.]
good-looking
well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned
proper, shapely
symmetrical etc. (regular) [Regularity of form.] Symmetry
harmonious etc. (color) Color
sightly. fit to be seen, passable, not amiss. goodly, dapper, tight, jimp
gimp
janty, jaunty
trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy. bright, bright eyed
rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked
rosy, ruddy
blooming, in full bloom. brilliant, shining
beamy, beaming
sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing
glossy, sleek. rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious. artistic, artistical
aesthetic
picturesque, pictorial
well-composed, well grouped, well varied
curious. enchanting etc. (pleasure-giving) [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.] Pleasurableness
becoming etc. (accordant) Agreement
ornamental etc. Ornament . undeformed, undefaced, unspotted
spotless etc. (perfect) Perfection .
Phrases
beauty born of murmuring sound" [Wordsworth]
flowers preach to us if we will hear" [C.G. Rossetti]
none but the brave deserve the fair" [Dryden]
thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty" [Byron] .