GORGEOUS DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
gorgeous adj 1: dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown" Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) gorgeous adjective Etymology: Middle English gorgeouse, from Middle French gorgias elegant, perhaps from gorgias wimple, from gorge throat Date: 15th century splendidly or showily brilliant or magnificent Synonyms: see splendid • gorgeously adverb • gorgeousness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary gorgeous 1. If you say that something is gorgeous, you mean that it gives you a lot of pleasure or is very attractive. (INFORMAL) ...gorgeous mountain scenery... It's a gorgeous day... Some of the Renaissance buildings are gorgeous. = beautiful ADJ • gorgeously She has a gorgeously warm speaking voice. ADV: ADV adj/-ed 2. If you describe someone as gorgeous, you mean that you find them very sexually attractive. (INFORMAL) The cosmetics industry uses gorgeous women to sell its skincare products... All the girls in my house are mad about Ryan, they think he's gorgeous. ADJ 3. If you describe things such as clothes and colours as gorgeous, you mean they are bright, rich, and impressive. ...a red-haired man in the gorgeous uniform of a Marshal of the Empire. ADJ: usu ADJ n • gorgeously ...gorgeously embroidered clothing. ADV: ADV adj/-ed English Explanatory Dictionary gorgeous ˈɡɔ:dʒəs adj. 1 richly coloured, sumptuous, magnificent. 2 colloq. very pleasant, splendid (gorgeous weather). 3 colloq. strikingly beautiful. øøgorgeously adv. gorgeousness n. [earlier gorgayse, -yas f. OF gorgias fine, elegant, of unkn. orig.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Gorgeous \Gor"geous\, a. [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge, n.] Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. --Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. --Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms gorgeous a. Showy, splendid, shining, glittering, brilliant, dazzling, resplendent, magnificent, fine, rich, superb. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) gorgeous ˈɡɔ:dʒəs adj. 1 resplendent, splendid, magnificent, glorious, exquisite, sumptuous, dazzling, grand, beautiful, splendorous, breathtaking, radiant, refulgent, brilliant, showy, colourful, Colloq splendiferous: The males are known for their gorgeous plumage. 2 great, terrific, fantastic, wonderful, marvellous, glorious, spectacular, superb, excellent, Colloq fantabulous, marvy, smashing, super, nifty, neat, swell: He married a gorgeous fashion model. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 88 Moby Thesaurus words for "gorgeous": beaming, beautiful, blatant, blooming, brazen, brazenfaced, breathtaking, bright, bright-hued, brilliant, burning, colorful, colory, crude, dazzling, deep-colored, devastating, divine, elephant, excellent, exotic, exquisite, extravagant, fantastic, flagrant, flamboyant, flaring, flaunting, garish, gaudy, gay, gay-colored, glamorous, glaring, glorious, glowing, grand, great, heavenly, high-colored, impressive, intense, killing, lavish, loud, lurid, luxurious, magnificent, marvy, meretricious, neat, nifty, obtrusive, opulent, ostentatious, plush, pretentious, proud, radiant, raving, ravishing, refulgent, resplendent, rich, rich-colored, screaming, sensational, shameless, shining, showy, smashing, sparkling, spectacular, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, splendrous, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, super, superb, swell, tawdry, terrific, vivid, vulgar, wonderful |
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