gorgeous

[ gawr-juhs ]

/ ˈgɔr dʒəs /

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adjective

splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.

Informal. extremely good, enjoyable, or pleasant: I had a gorgeous time.

Origin of gorgeous

1490–1500; earlier gorgeouse < Old French gorgias fashionable, elegant (< ?); see -ous

SYNONYMS FOR gorgeous

1 rich, superb, grand; brilliant, resplendent, glittering, dazzling.

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1 poor, plain.

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1. See magnificent.

OTHER WORDS FROM gorgeous

gor·geous·ly, adverb gor·geous·ness, noun

Words nearby gorgeous

gorey, gorgas, gorge, gorge hook, gorged, gorgeous, gorgerin, gorget, gorgias, gorgio, gorgon

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Seriously, though, is anyone else even a little bit put off by the level of violence in this clip, gorgeously shot as it is?

Jay Z and Beyonce Release Epic, Violent New Short Film For 'On the Run' Tour |Kevin Fallon |May 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The LA property features 182 guest rooms, a restaurant and bar, and a gorgeously renovated theater that seats 1,600.

New Ace Hotel Shakes Up the L.A. Scene |The Daily Beast |January 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But great those essays were—not just funny but gorgeously styled, stunning in their erudition, piercing in their invective.

Stephen Schiff: My (Relatively Small) Crime Against Gore Vidal |Stephen Schiff |August 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
When I pulled up in front of her store that morning, it was gorgeously sunny but also toe-chill cold.

Easter's Top Five Hams |Mark Scarbrough |March 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

Never felt so gorgeously, deliciously happy in my life, said Flick, in a melancholy tone.

The Woman Gives |Owen Johnson
Old Samuel Verage sat in his large, softly-cushioned armchair, in a gorgeously beflowered dressing gown.

Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter |Lawrence L. Lynch
They were all gorgeously attired, and lolling about in indolent attitudes, as if life were an indescribable bore to them.

Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks |Bracebridge Hemyng
A mature but still beautiful woman, gorgeously dressed and wearing showy jewels—with a lofty air.

The 'Mind the Paint' Girl |Arthur Pinero
Her eager following of a gorgeously armed warrior exposes her to a treacherous aim, and she falls.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for gorgeously

gorgeous

/ (ˈɡɔːdʒəs) /

adjective

strikingly beautiful or magnificent gorgeous array; a gorgeous girl

informal extremely pleasing, fine, or good gorgeous weather

Derived forms of gorgeous

gorgeously, adverb gorgeousness, noun

Word Origin for gorgeous

C15: from Old French gorgias elegant, from gorgias wimple, from gorge; see gorge

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