ethereal beauty

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• beauty — noun 1 quality of being beautiful ADJECTIVE ▪ breathtaking, exquisite, great, majestic, outstanding (esp. BrE), sheer, stunning ▪ an area of breathtaking beauty …   Collocations dictionary

• ethereal — ethereality, etherealness, n. ethereally, adv. ethereous, adj. /i thear ee euhl/, adj. 1. light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination. 2. extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty. 3. heavenly or… …   Universalium

• ethereal — e|the|re|al [ıˈθıəriəl US ıˈθır ] adj very delicate and light, in a way that does not seem real ▪ ethereal beauty ▪ His music is ethereal. >ethereally adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ethereal — adjective very delicate and light, in a way that does not seem real: ethereal beauty ethereally adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ethereal — adjective melodic phrases of ethereal beauty Syn: delicate, exquisite, dainty, elegant, graceful; fragile, airy, fine, subtle; unearthly Ant: substantial, earthly …   Thesaurus of popular words

• ethereal — e•the•re•al [[t]ɪˈθɪər i əl[/t]] adj. 1) light, airy, or tenuous 2) extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty[/ex] 3) heavenly or celestial 4) of or pertaining to the upper regions of space 5) chem. pertaining to, containing, or resembling… …   From formal English to slang

• ethereal — /əˈθɪəriəl / (say uh thearreeuhl), /i / (say ee ) adjective 1. Also, aethereal. light, airy or tenuous. 2. Also, aethereal. extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty. 3. Also, aethereal. heavenly or celestial. 4. Also, aethereal. of the… …  

• Ethereal being — Water nymph by John Collier, 1923. Ethereal beings, according to some belief systems and occult theories, are mystic entities that usually are not made of ordinary matter. Despite the fact that they are believed to be essentially incorporeal,… …   Wikipedia

• ethereal — [[t]ɪθɪ͟əriəl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is ethereal has a delicate beauty. [FORMAL] She s the prettiest, most ethereal romantic heroine in the movies. ...gorgeous, hauntingly ethereal melodies. 2) ADJ GRADED Ethereal means… …   English dictionary

• ethereal — adj. Ethereal is used with these nouns: ↑beauty …   Collocations dictionary

• ethereal — e|the|re|al [ ı θıriəl ] adjective FORMAL ethereal sounds, qualities, etc. have a delicate beauty that makes them seem not to be part of the real world …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English