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Gorgeous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent: wore a gorgeous Victorian gown.

adj. Characterized by magnificence or virtuosic brilliance: the pianist's gorgeous technique.

adj. Informal Wonderful; delightful.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. very beautiful.

adj. Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty etc.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Sumptuously adorned; superbly showy; resplendent; magnificent.

Inclined to splendor; given to gorgeousness.

Synonyms Superb, brilliant, dazzling; rich, costly.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. dazzlingly beautiful

Word Usage

"Among the photo optimizations, the software giant has increased the display size of the thumbnails, made it possible for users to order photo prints from the service, offered people tags and what it referred to as a gorgeous online slide show."

Equivalent

beautiful

Form

gorgeously gorgeousness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

showy fine magnificent bright beautiful

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

lovely gaudy vivid fantastic costly dazzle scarlet superb gay sumptuous