Text: 1 the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses<her beauty was enough to take your breath away>Synonymsattractiveness, beauteousness, comeliness, cuteness, fairness, gorgeousness, handsomeness, looks, loveliness, prettinessRelated Wordsallure, appeal, attraction, glamour (also glamor); charm, elegance, exquisiteness, flawlessness, gloriousness, perfection, radiance, resplendence; desirability, desirablenessNear Antonymsdreadfulness, foulness, ghastliness, grotesqueness, hideousness, loathsomeness, nastiness, offensiveness, repellency, repulsiveness, unattractiveness; blemish, flaw, imperfectionAntonymshomeliness, plainness, ugliness, unsightliness 2 a lovely woman<she was quite a beauty in her younger days>Synonymseyeful, goddess, knockout, stunnerRelated Wordsbelle, charmer, honeyNear Antonymshag, horror, witch 3 something very good of its kind<that fish is a beauty>— see jim-dandy

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