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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
Adjective
1. strikingly beautiful or attractive
2. Informal warm, sunny, and very pleasant: a gorgeous day [Old French gorgias elegant]
gorgeously adv
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 2. (Informal) beautiful, attractive, lovely, stunning (informal) elegant, handsome, good-looking, exquisite, drop-dead (slang) ravishing << OPPOSITE dull
Translations
gorgeous [ˈgɔːdʒəs] adjprecioso; [weather] → estupendo; [person] → guapísimo

gorgeous [ˈgɔːdʒəs] adjsplendide, superbe

gorgeous [ˈgɔːdʒəs] adjherrlich;
(person) → hinreißend

gorgeous [ˈgɔːdʒəs] adjmagnifico/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 멋진, 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 loistava sensationnel נִפלָא अति मनोहर izvrstan. vrlo ukusan pompás mewah yndislegur eccellente すばらしい 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


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It was the Palace of Peace in which were housed the representatives of the foreign powers, or rather in which were located their embassies; for the ministers themselves dwelt in gorgeous palaces within the district occupied by the nobles.
A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, "I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings.
" Finally the gorgeous jewel of the order, gleaming upon the breast of every member, suggested "your Badgesty," which was adopted, and the order became popularly known as the Kings of Catarrh.
 
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