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gorgeous

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gor·geous  (gôrjs)
adj.
1.
a. Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent: wore a gorgeous Victorian gown.
b. Characterized by magnificence or virtuosic brilliance: the pianist's gorgeous technique.
2. Informal Wonderful; delightful.

[Middle English gorgeouse, probably from Old French gorgias, jewelry-loving, elegant, from gorge, throat; see gorge.]

gorgeous·ly adv.
gorgeous·ness n.

gorgeous [ˈgɔːdʒəs]
adj
1. strikingly beautiful or magnificent gorgeous array a gorgeous girl
2. Informal extremely pleasing, fine, or good gorgeous weather
[from Old French gorgias elegant, from gorgias wimple, from gorge; see gorge]
gorgeously  adv
gorgeousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.gorgeous - dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown"
beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"

gorgeous
adjective
1. magnificent, grand, beautiful, superb, spectacular, splendid, glittering, dazzling, luxurious, sumptuous, opulent Some of these Renaissance buildings are absolutely gorgeous.
magnificent cheap, shabby, shoddy
3. beautiful (Informal) attractive, lovely, stunning (informal), elegant, handsome, good-looking, exquisite, drop-dead (slang), ravishing The cosmetics industry uses gorgeous women to sell its products.
beautiful homely, plain, ugly, unattractive, unsightly, repulsive
4. dazzling, bright, brilliant, magnificent, sumptuous, opulent, resplendent, showy a red-haired man in the gorgeous uniform of a Marshal of the Empire
dazzling dreary, sombre
5. fine, glorious, sunny It's a gorgeous day.
fine dull, gloomy
Translations
gorgeous [ˈgɔːdʒəs] ADJ
1. (= lovely) [object, scenery, colour, music] → precioso; [food, wine] → delicioso, riquísimo; [weather] → espléndido, magnífico
she wears the most gorgeous clotheslleva una ropa preciosa
gorgeous silks and jewelssedas y joyas preciosas or espléndidas
oh! it's absolutely gorgeous!¡oh! ¡es una preciosidad!
the garden looks absolutely gorgeousel jardín está precioso
it smells gorgeoushuele delicioso
this tastes gorgeousestá riquísimo
the weather was gorgeoushacía un tiempo espléndido or magnífico
what a gorgeous day!¡hace un día precioso or espléndido!
2. (= beautiful) [woman] → guapísimo, precioso; [man] → guapísimo; [child, baby] → riquísimo, monísimo; [eyes, hair] → precioso
he/she's gorgeous!¡es guapísimo/guapísima!
hello, gorgeous! > (to woman) → ¡hola, preciosa!; (to man) → ¡hola, guapo!
what a gorgeous hunk!¡qué tío más bueno!
see also drop-dead

gorgeous [ˈgɔːrdʒəs] adj
[man, woman] → superbe
She's gorgeous! → Elle est superbe !
[baby] → adorable
[weather] → splendide
The weather was gorgeous → Il a fait un temps splendide.
[clothes, present, flowers, colour] → beau*(belle)

gorgeous
adj
(= lovely) weather, scenery, sunset, colours, food, wine, melodyherrlich, fantastisch, phantastisch; to look gorgeousfantastisch or phantastisch aussehen; to taste/smell gorgeousherrlich schmecken/duften
(inf: = beautiful) woman, man, eyes, hairhinreißend; clotheshinreißend, toll (inf); presenttoll (inf); a gorgeous blondeeine sagenhafte Blondine (inf); a gorgeous hunkein toller Typ (inf); hi, gorgeous!hallo, Süßer/Süße!
(= sumptuous, magnificent) clothes, fabric, jewellery, flowers, buildingprächtig

gorgeous [ˈgɔːdʒəs] adj (woman, dress, holiday) → stupendo/a, magnifico/a; (meal) → fantastico/a
gorgeous [ˈgɔːdʒəs] adj (woman, dress, holiday) → stupendo/a, magnifico/a; (meal) → fantastico/a

gorgeous
adj gorgeous [ˈgoːdʒəs]
1 beautiful; splendid a gorgeous dress; a gorgeous girl; These colours are gorgeous. pragtige, skitterende رائِع، زاهٍ великолепен nádherný pragtfuld prächtig ωραιότατος, λαμπρός hermoso, precioso, guapísimo uhke زیبا؛ باشکوه upea splendide מְהַמֵם בְיוֹפיוֹ आनन्ददायक krasan, sjajan nagyszerű, ragyogó indah yndisfagur; glæsilegur magnifico 華麗な 화려한 puikus, prašmatnus grezns; krāšņs; lielisks menawan schitterend, prachtig prektig, praktfull, herlig wspaniały belo minunat, splen­did красивый, великолепный nádherný krasen predivan praktfull, lysande หรูหราสง่างาม şahane, harika 華麗的 розкішний شاندار lộng lẫy 丽的
2 very pleasant a gorgeous meal. heerlike فاخِر، مُمتِع разкошен úžasný, senzační prægtig großartig υπέροχος, έξοχος magnífico, espléndido suurepärane عالی suurenmoinen sensationnel נִפלָא अति मनोहर izvrstan. vrlo ukusan pompás mewah yndislegur eccellente すばらしい 아주 즐거운 nuostabus lielisks lazat heerlijk herlig, nydelig wystawny, wspaniały delicioso grozav изумительный vynikajúci izvrsten ukusan härlig, underbar น่ายินดี çok nefis 極好的 розкішний نہایت خوشگوار tuyệt vời

gorgeous فائق الجمال krásný pragtfuld hinreißend πανέμορφος guapísimo upea superbe prekrasan stupendo 華麗な 호화로운 fantastisch praktfull wspaniały esplêndido великолепный ursnygg สวยงาม çok güzel tuyệt đẹp 华丽的


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