'beauty contest noun {BrE) 1 a competition to choose the most
beautiful from a group of women $5 M tb H — compare pageant(2) 2 (
'beauty mark noun (NAmE) = beauty
spot(2)
'beauty queen noun a woman who is judged to be the most
beautiful in a beauty contest j^M
'beauty salon (also beauty parlour) (US also beauty shop) noun a place where you can pay for treatment
to your face, hair, nails, etc., which is intended to make you more beautiful
'beauty sleep noun [u] (humorous) enough sleep at
night to make sure that you look and feel healthy and beautiful MW^; ( )
beauty spot noun 1 (BrE) a place in the countryside
which is famous because it is beautiful M jp; ; % ft 2 (NAmE
also beauty
mark) a
small dark spot on a woman’s face, which used to be thought to make her more
beautiful MAH; MAM
beaux pi. of
beau
SYNONYMS
beautiful
pretty ♦ handsome ♦
attractive * lovely ♦ good-looking ♦ gorgeous
These
words all describe people who are pleasant to look at.
beautiful (especially of a woman or girl) very
pleasant to look at ( AJh AT^A1£ ) MM6T She
looked stunningly beautiful that night. MIPAB&TM®
To
pretty (especially of a girl or woman) pleasant
to look at mm-. She’sgota
very pretty face. MW—EES33 Pretty is used most often to talk about girls.
When it is used to talk about a woman, it usually suggests that she is like a
girl, with small, delicate features. * pretty A
mto
handsome (of a man) pleasant to look at; (of a
woman) pleasant to look at, with large strong features rather than small
delicate ones ( MT ) M
( AT ) HM(ft: He was described as ‘tall, dark and handsome’. “i^ASlilll, <>
attractive (of a person) pleasant to look at,
especially in a sexual way ( A ) ik
A#J: She’s
a very attractive woman. MJITT Ai^A
MAT.
lovely (of a person) beautiful; very attractive
jfr ( A ) MM&T BAM: She looked particularly lovely that night. DBQ1 When you
describe sb as lovely, you are usually showing that you