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GORGEOUS DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found


Websters 1828 Dictionary

Gorgeous GOR'GEOUS, a. Showy; fine; splendid; glittering with gay colors.
With gorgeous wings, the marks of sovereign sway.
A gorgeous robe. Luke 23.


WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

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 splendidgorgeously adverbgorgeousness noun

Oxford English Reference Dictionary

gorgeous
adj.
1 richly coloured, sumptuous, magnificent.
2 colloq. very pleasant, splendid (gorgeous weather).
3 colloq. strikingly beautiful.
Derivatives:
gorgeously adv. gorgeousness n.
Etymology: earlier gorgayse, -yas f. OF gorgias fine, elegant, of unkn. orig.


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 ADJgorgeously 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 ngorgeously ...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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