Beautiful — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

(of weather) highly enjoyable

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæθɪpsˌɪn/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɑːɹɪˌɛpɪɡlətˈaɪdiən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɑːɹɪˌɛpɪɡlətˈaɪdiən/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæθɪpsˌɪn/.

Examples

a beautiful child
beautiful country
a beautiful painting

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

ugly

Parts of Speech

adjective	delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration “a beautiful child”
adjective	(of weather) highly enjoyable “what a beautiful day”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schön

die Sinne erfreuen oder intellektuelle oder emotionale Bewunderung hervorrufen

🇫🇷French

beau

ravir les sens ou susciter l’admiration intellectuelle ou émotionnelle

🇪🇸Spanish

hermoso

deleitar los sentidos o excitar la admiración intelectual o emocional

🇮🇹Italian

Bellissimo

deliziare i sensi o eccitare l'ammirazione intellettuale o emotiva

🇳🇱Dutch

mooi

het prikkelen van de zintuigen of het opwekken van intellectuele of emotionele bewondering

🇵🇹Portuguese

lindo

deleitar os sentidos ou excitar a admiração intelectual ou emocional

🇷🇺Russian

красивый

доставляя удовольствие чувствам или вызывая интеллектуальное или эмоциональное восхищение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सुंदर

इंद्रियों को प्रसन्न करना या रोमांचक बौद्धिक या भावनात्मक प्रशंसा

🇧🇩Bengali

সুন্দর

ইন্দ্রিয়গুলিকে আনন্দিত করা বা উত্তেজনাপূর্ণ বৌদ্ধিক বা মানসিক প্রশংসা

🇮🇳Tamil

அழகான

புலன்களை மகிழ்வித்தல் அல்லது உற்சாகமான அறிவுசார் அல்லது உணர்ச்சிப்பூர்வமான பாராட்டு

🇮🇳Telugu

అందమైన

ఇంద్రియాలను సంతోషపెట్టడం లేదా ఉత్తేజకరమైన మేధో లేదా భావోద్వేగ ప్రశంసలు

🇮🇳Marathi

सुंदर

इंद्रियांना आनंद देणारी किंवा रोमांचक बौद्धिक किंवा भावनिक प्रशंसा

🇮🇳Gujarati

સુંદર

ઇન્દ્રિયોને આનંદ આપવી અથવા ઉત્તેજક બૌદ્ધિક અથવા ભાવનાત્મક પ્રશંસા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸುಂದರ

ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂತೋಷಪಡಿಸುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಅತ್ಯಾಕರ್ಷಕ ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕ ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മനോഹരം

ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങളെ സന്തോഷിപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ ആവേശകരമായ ബൗദ്ധികമോ വൈകാരികമോ ആയ പ്രശംസ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੁੰਦਰ

ਇੰਦਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਖੁਸ਼ ਕਰਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਦਿਲਚਸਪ ਬੌਧਿਕ ਜਾਂ ਭਾਵਨਾਤਮਕ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ੰਸਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

خوبصورت

حواس کو خوش کرنا یا دلچسپ فکری یا جذباتی تعریف

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

美丽的

愉悦感官或激发智力或情感上的钦佩

🇯🇵Japanese

美しい

感覚を喜ばせる、または刺激的な知的または感情的な賞賛

🇰🇷Korean

아름다운

감각을 즐겁게 하거나 지적이고 감정적인 감탄을 자극하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xinh đẹp

làm hài lòng các giác quan hoặc sự ngưỡng mộ thú vị về mặt trí tuệ hoặc cảm xúc

🇹🇭Thai

สวย

ชื่นชมความรู้สึกหรือชื่นชมทางปัญญาหรืออารมณ์ที่น่าตื่นเต้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

cantik

menyenangkan indera atau membangkitkan kekaguman intelektual atau emosional

🇵🇭Filipino

maganda

nagpapasaya sa mga pandama o kapana-panabik na intelektwal o emosyonal na paghanga

🇲🇾Malay

cantik

menggembirakan deria atau kekaguman intelektual atau emosi yang mengujakan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جميل

إسعاد الحواس أو إثارة الإعجاب الفكري أو العاطفي

🇮🇷Persian

زیبا

لذت بردن از حواس یا تحسین هیجان انگیز فکری یا احساسی

🇹🇷Turkish

Güzel

Duyuları memnun etmek ya da entelektüel ya da duygusal hayranlığı heyecanlandırmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

יָפֶה

מענג את החושים או הערצה אינטלקטואלית או רגשית מרגשת

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