Collocations for beautiful - adj.
VERBS
be,
feel,
look,
seem,
sound
become, grow
make sb/sth
We did all we could to make the room beautiful.
become, grow
make sb/sth
We did all we could to make the room beautiful.
find sb/sth
He found her exquisitely beautiful.
He found her exquisitely beautiful.
be considered
She was never considered beautiful at school.
She was never considered beautiful at school.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
exceptionally, extraordinarily, outstandingly, really, remarkably, supremely (esp. BrE), truly, very
absolutely, perfectly, quite, utterly
just, simply
‘They're just beautiful,’ breathed Jo, when she saw the earrings.
exceptionally, extraordinarily, outstandingly, really, remarkably, supremely (esp. BrE), truly, very
absolutely, perfectly, quite, utterly
just, simply
‘They're just beautiful,’ breathed Jo, when she saw the earrings.
almost
I remember her as pretty, almost beautiful.
I remember her as pretty, almost beautiful.
amazingly,
astonishingly,
breathtakingly,
impossibly,
incredibly,
spectacularly,
staggeringly,
startlingly,
strikingly,
stunningly,
unbelievably
naturally
She didn't need make-up. She was naturally beautiful.
naturally
She didn't need make-up. She was naturally beautiful.
uniquely
exquisitely
serenely
classically, conventionally
Her features were classically beautiful, with perfectly structured high cheekbones.
exquisitely
serenely
classically, conventionally
Her features were classically beautiful, with perfectly structured high cheekbones.
achingly,
eerily,
hauntingly,
heartbreakingly,
painfully,
strangely
a hauntingly beautiful melody
a hauntingly beautiful melody
Beautiful is used with these nouns:
baby, beach, blonde, bloom, blossom, bride, building, city, clothes, coastline, colour, complexion, country, countryside, couple, creature, day, decoration, design, display, dress, evening, fabric, face, feature, figure, flat, flower, friendship, garden, girl, hair, hand, harmony, home, horse, hotel, house, illustration, instrument, jewellery, lady, lake, landscape, leg, mansion, melody, morning, mountain, mouth, music, night, painting, palace, paradise, park, photograph, picture, piece, place, poem, room, route, scene, scenery, scent, setting, shade, sight, singing, skin, smile, song, sound, specimen, spot, stranger, stretch, sunset, sunshine, surroundings, swan, thing, village, voice, waterfall, weather, wife, woman
baby, beach, blonde, bloom, blossom, bride, building, city, clothes, coastline, colour, complexion, country, countryside, couple, creature, day, decoration, design, display, dress, evening, fabric, face, feature, figure, flat, flower, friendship, garden, girl, hair, hand, harmony, home, horse, hotel, house, illustration, instrument, jewellery, lady, lake, landscape, leg, mansion, melody, morning, mountain, mouth, music, night, painting, palace, paradise, park, photograph, picture, piece, place, poem, room, route, scene, scenery, scent, setting, shade, sight, singing, skin, smile, song, sound, specimen, spot, stranger, stretch, sunset, sunshine, surroundings, swan, thing, village, voice, waterfall, weather, wife, woman