different between beautiful vs adorable

English

Etymology

From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty +? -ful. Largely displaced Old English fæ?er (whence fair).

Pronunciation

• enPR: byo?o?t?-f?l, IPA^(key): /?bju?t?f?l/
• Hyphenation: beau?ti?ful

Adjective

beautiful (comparative more beautiful, superlative most beautiful)

1. Attractive and possessing beauty.

2. Good, admirable.

3. (of the weather) Pleasant; clear.

4. Well executed.

Usage notes

• When used to refer to human appearance, the word is more commonly used for women, with handsome being more common for men, though neither is incorrect. For a man, beautiful could connote a more delicate or androgynous appearance.
• The comparatives beautifuler and beautifuller, and the superlatives beautifulest and beautifullest have also occasionally been used, but are nonstandard.

Synonyms

• (possessing charm and attractive): beauteous, attractive, cute, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, sheen, handsome, hot (slang), lovely, nice-looking, pretty, shapely, fit (slang)
• (of the weather): clear, fine, nice, pleasant, sunny
• (well executed): excellent, exceptional, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, perfect, stylish, wonderful
• (ironic: how unfortunate): great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, very nice, wonderful (any of these can be prefixed with an intensifier such as bloody, damned or just)
• See also Thesaurus:beautiful

Antonyms

• (possessing charm and attractive): grotesque, hideous, homely, plain, misshapen, repulsive, ugly; unbeautiful
• (of the weather): bad, cloudy, dull, miserable, overcast, rainy, wet
• (well executed): average, bad, mediocre, poor, shoddy, substandard, terrible, weak

Derived terms

Related terms

• beauty
  • See also Thesaurus:beautiful woman

Translations

Noun

beautiful (plural beautifuls)

1. Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French adorable, from adorer +? -able, with adorer from Old French aorer, from Latin ad?r?re, the present active infinitive of ad?r?, which is from ad +? ?r?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d????b?l/

Adjective

adorable (comparative more adorable, superlative most adorable)

1. Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Albaredo, Arboleda, dolabrae, oar blade, oarblade, roadable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin adorabilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.do??a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.du??a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.do??a.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

adorable (masculine and feminine plural adorables)

1. adorable

Derived terms

• adorablement

Further reading

• “adorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin adorabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d?.?abl/

Adjective

adorable (plural adorables)

1. adorable

Further reading

• “adorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ad?r?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ado??able/, [a.ð?o??a.??le]

Adjective

adorable (plural adorables)

1. adorable
2. lovable, loveable, cuddly, cute, sweet, dear, endearing

Related terms

• adorar
• adoración

Further reading

• “adorable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.