gorgeous

gorgeous
[[t]gɔ͟ː(r)ʤəs[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED If you say that something is gorgeous, you mean that it gives you a lot of pleasure or is very attractive. [INFORMAL]

...gorgeous mountain scenery...

It's a gorgeous day...

Some of the Renaissance buildings are gorgeous.

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gorgeously ADV ADV adj/-ed

She has a gorgeously warm speaking voice.

2) ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone as gorgeous, you mean that you find them very sexually attractive. [INFORMAL]

The cosmetics industry uses gorgeous women to sell its skincare products...

All the girls in my house are mad about Ryan, they think he's gorgeous.

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3) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe things such as clothes and colours as gorgeous, you mean they are bright, rich, and impressive.

...a red-haired man in the gorgeous uniform of a Marshal of the Empire.

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gorgeously ADV-GRADED ADV adj/-ed

...gorgeously embroidered clothing.


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