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Definition of gorgeous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gorgeous

adjective
 
 
/ˈɡɔːdʒəs/
 
/ˈɡɔːrdʒəs/
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  1.  
    (informal) very beautiful and attractive; giving great pleasure synonym lovely
    • a gorgeous girl/man
    • a gorgeous view
    • gorgeous weather (= warm and with a lot of sun)
    • You look gorgeous!
    • It was absolutely gorgeous.
    Synonyms beautifulbeautifulpretty ▪ handsome ▪ attractive ▪ lovely ▪ good-looking ▪ gorgeousThese words all describe people who are pleasant to look at.beautiful (most often used of a woman or girl) very pleasant to look at:
    • She looked stunningly beautiful that night.
    pretty (most often used of a girl or woman) pleasant to look at:
    • She’s got a very pretty face.
    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.    handsome (of a man) pleasant to look at; (of a woman) pleasant to look at, with large strong features rather than small delicate ones:
    • He was described as ‘tall, dark and handsome’.
    attractive (of a person) pleasant to look at, especially in a sexual way:
    • She’s a very attractive woman.
    lovely (of a person) beautiful; very attractive:
    • She looked particularly lovely that night.
    When you describe somebody as lovely, you are usually showing that you also like them very much.    good-looking (of a person) pleasant to look at, often in a sexual way:
    • She arrived with a very good-looking man.
    gorgeous (informal) (of a person) extremely attractive, especially in a sexual way:
    • You look gorgeous!
     attractive or good-looking?If you describe somebody as attractive you often also mean that they have a pleasant personality as well as being pleasant to look at; good-looking only describes somebody’s physical appearance.Patterns
    • a(n) beautiful/​pretty/​handsome/​attractive/​lovely/​good-looking/​gorgeous girl/​woman
    • a(n) beautiful/​handsome/​attractive/​good-looking/​gorgeous boy/​man
    • a(n) beautiful/​pretty/​handsome/​attractive/​lovely/​good-looking face
    Extra Examples
    • a drop-dead gorgeous Hollywood icon
    • He's got gorgeous eyes.
    • He's just started going out with this really gorgeous girl.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • sound
    • …
    adverb
    • really
    • absolutely
    • drop-dead
    • …
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  2. [usually before noun] (of colours, clothes, etc.) with very deep colours; impressive
    • exotic birds with feathers of gorgeous colours
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent. (describing sumptuous clothing): from Old French gorgias ‘fine, elegant’, of unknown origin.
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